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Saint-Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes

Coordinates: 43°44′50″N 7°08′38″E / 43.7472°N 7.1439°E

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Saint-Jeannet Sant Joanet (Occitan)
Commune
The old village of Saint-Jeannet
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Jeannet
Saint-Jeannet Show map of France Saint-Jeannet Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°44′50″N 7°08′38″E / 43.7472°N 7.1439°E / 43.7472; 7.1439
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Vence
Intercommunality	Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julie Charles^[1]
Area ¹	14.58 km² (5.63 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	4,303
• Density	300/km² (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06122 /06640
Elevation	39–934 m (128–3,064 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jeannet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒanɛ]; Occitan: Sant Joanet) is a hilly commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. Located just northeast of Vence, it is part of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.

In the 10th century, Saint-Jeannet became part of the County of Provence, under the leadership of William I.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,421	—
1975	1,843	+3.78%
1982	2,436	+4.07%
1990	3,188	+3.42%
1999	3,594	+1.34%
2009	3,669	+0.21%
2014	4,030	+1.89%
2020	4,317	+1.15%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Tourism

Saint-Jeannet 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, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.^[4]

See also

Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

^ "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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