Tourrette-Levens
Commune
A view of Tourrette-Levens from the castle
A view of Tourrette-Levens from the castle
Coat of arms of Tourrette-Levens
Coat of arms
Location of Tourrette-Levens
Tourrette-Levens is located in France
Tourrette-Levens
Tourrette-Levens
Tourrette-Levens is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tourrette-Levens
Tourrette-Levens
Coordinates: 43°47′15″N 7°16′36″E / 43.7875°N 7.2767°E / 43.7875; 7.2767
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonTourrette-Levens
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bertrand Gasiglia[1]
Area
1
16.5 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
4,760
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
DemonymTourrettans
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06147 /06690
Elevation160–845 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

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Commune de Tourrette-Levens (06147), INSEE
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ↑ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
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