Saint-Blaise, Alpes-Maritimes
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Saint-Blaise | |
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 The bell tower of the church | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Blaise  | |
  Saint-Blaise  Saint-Blaise | |
| Coordinates: 43°49′21″N 7°14′18″E / 43.8225°N 7.2383°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) | Jean-Paul Fabre[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,367 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06117 /06670 |
| Elevation | 88–808 m (289–2,651 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Blaise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ blɛz]; Occitan: Sant Blai; Italian: San Biagio) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 190 | — |
| 1975 | 210 | +1.44% |
| 1982 | 339 | +7.08% |
| 1990 | 640 | +8.27% |
| 1999 | 892 | +3.76% |
| 2009 | 948 | +0.61% |
| 2014 | 1,005 | +1.17% |
| 2020 | 1,350 | +5.04% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Tourism
[edit]Saint-Blaise 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-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
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