Falicon

Falicon
Commune
The church in Falicon

Coat of arms
Falicon
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Falicon
Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E / 43.75; 7.2803Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E / 43.75; 7.2803
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Canton Tourrette-Levens
Intercommunality Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gisèle Kruppert
Area1 5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,926
 • Density 370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 06060 /06950
Elevation 103–581 m (338–1,906 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 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.

Falicon is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962605—    
1968715+18.2%
1975877+22.7%
19821,065+21.4%
19901,498+40.7%
19991,644+9.7%
20081,926+17.2%

Tourism

Falicon 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, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[1]

Twin towns — sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

See also

References

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


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