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Carros

Carros
The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros
The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros
Coat of arms of Carros
Location of Carros
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Carros is located in France
Carros
Carros
Carros is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carros
Carros
Coordinates: 43°47′36″N 7°11′18″E / 43.7933°N 7.1883°E / 43.7933; 7.1883
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonNice-3
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Yannick Bernard[1]
Area
1
15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
13,277
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06033 /06510
Elevation63–945 m (207–3,100 ft)
(avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carros (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔs]; Occitan: Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[3]

Population

The inhabitants are called Carrossois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 404—    
1800 567+4.96%
1806 616+1.39%
1821 748+1.30%
1838 811+0.48%
1848 776−0.44%
1858 818+0.53%
1861 634−8.14%
1866 656+0.68%
1872 606−1.31%
1876 534−3.11%
1881 525−0.34%
1886 512−0.50%
1891 536+0.92%
1896 560+0.88%
1901 443−4.58%
1906 453+0.45%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1911 453+0.00%
1921 390−1.49%
1926 384−0.31%
1931 403+0.97%
1936 509+4.78%
1946 563+1.01%
1954 662+2.05%
1962 761+1.76%
1968 963+4.00%
1975 4,197+23.40%
1982 8,457+10.53%
1990 10,747+3.04%
1999 10,710−0.04%
2007 11,597+1.00%
2012 11,497−0.17%
2017 12,329+1.41%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carros, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE