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Tourrette-Levens Tourrette-Levens (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Climate Population Tourism Tourrette-Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist departmen ...

in the east. Apart from the village there are the towns of Les Salettes, La Plaine, La Valliere, and La Prairie near the village and Les Templiers, Bassac, Cabanes Bletonnieres, and Gibeste in the south. The commune is rugged and heavily forested in the west and east.Google Maps
/ref> The Magnan river rises near the village and flows south through the heart of the commune then to the

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in the south-west of Nice. Aspremont is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the

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tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Carros,

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, Levens,

La Roquette-sur-Var La Roquette-sur-Var (, literally ''La Roquette on Var (river), Var''; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the M ...

, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet,

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Neighbouring communes and villages

History

After the abandonment of the Aspremont-le-Vieux site in 1426, a fortified village was built in concentric circles at the foot of Mont-Chauve on a hill overlooking a path between the Var and the Paillon de Tourrette Valley. Soil and sunshine favoured the cultivation of vines, olives, and fruit trees, particularly fig trees. There was production of wine and olive oil in the county until the end of the 19th century. In 1874 Aspremont had its land area divided to create the new communes of

Colomars Colomars (; Nissart: ''Couloumas''; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes '' département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Inhabitants of Colomars are called ''Colomarsois''. Colomars is a part of the Pay ...

and

Castagniers Castagniers (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Population Tourism Castagniers is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des ...

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Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demographics

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aspremontois'' (masculine) or ''Aspremontoises'' (feminine) in French.

Sites and monuments

*Fort of Mont Chauve of Aspremont (19th century) Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte

*Ruins of the medieval village on Mont Cima *The house where François-Xavier Maistre was born *Church of Saint-Jacques le Mejeur *Chapel of Saint-Claude *Chapel of Notre-Dame des Salettes

Notable people linked to the commune

*François-Xavier Maistre (1705-1789), President of the Senate of Savoy, father of

Joseph de Maistre Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, diplomat, and magistrate. One of the forefathers of conservatism, Maistre advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immedi ...

and

Xavier de Maistre Xavier de Maistre (; 10 October 1763 – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) was a French military man and author. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, X ...

, was a native of Aspremont in the

County of Nice The County of Nice (; ; Niçard ) was a historical region of France and Italy located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent to the modern arrondissement of Nice. It was part of the Savoyard state within the Holy Roman Emp ...

. *

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, a musical group, has had a recording studio in the commune since 2010.Blog of Philippe Dupuy

Twin towns

* Montechiaro d'Acqui, Italy (2003)

References

External links

Aspremont commune website

Aspremont on the old IGN website

Aspremont on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aspremont'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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