Tourrette-Levens | |
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 A view of Tourrette-Levens from the castle | |
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Location of Tourrette-Levens  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°47′15″N 7°16′36″E / 43.7875°N 7.2767°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Nice |
| Canton | Tourrette-Levens |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bertrand Gasiglia[1] |
| Area 1 | 16.5 km2 (6.4 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2020)[2] | 4,887 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Tourrettans |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06147 /06690 |
| Elevation | 160–845 m (525–2,772 ft) (avg. 390 m or 1,280 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tourrette-Levens (French pronunciation: [turɛt ləvɛ̃s]; Occitan: Torreta de Levens; Italian: Torretta Levenzo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,650 | — |
| 1975 | 2,644 | −0.03% |
| 1982 | 3,004 | +1.84% |
| 1990 | 3,412 | +1.60% |
| 1999 | 4,116 | +2.11% |
| 2007 | 4,709 | +1.70% |
| 2012 | 4,786 | +0.32% |
| 2017 | 4,951 | +0.68% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Tourism
Tourrette-Levens 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, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet and Utelle.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- ^ Commune de Tourrette-Levens (06147), INSEE
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
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