Carros

Carros
Commune
The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros

Coat of arms
Carros
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Carros
Coordinates: 43°47′36″N 7°11′18″E / 43.7933°N 7.1883°E / 43.7933; 7.1883Coordinates: 43°47′36″N 7°11′18″E / 43.7933°N 7.1883°E / 43.7933; 7.1883
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Grasse
Canton Nice-3
Intercommunality Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Antoine Damiani
Area1 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 11,515
 • Density 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 06033 /06510
Elevation 63–945 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carros (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.[1]

Population

The inhabitants are called Carrossois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793404—    
1800576+42.6%
1806607+5.4%
1821748+23.2%
1831778+4.0%
1836811+4.2%
1841819+1.0%
1846776−5.3%
1851854+10.1%
1856818−4.2%
1861634−22.5%
1866656+3.5%
1872606−7.6%
1876534−11.9%
1881525−1.7%
1886512−2.5%
1891536+4.7%
1896560+4.5%
1901443−20.9%
1906453+2.3%
1911453+0.0%
1921390−13.9%
1926384−1.5%
1931403+4.9%
1936509+26.3%
1946563+10.6%
1954662+17.6%
1962761+15.0%
1968963+26.5%
19754,197+335.8%
19828,457+101.5%
199010,747+27.1%
199910,710−0.3%
200811,515+7.5%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.


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