commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...
region of South-eastern
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Massois, Massoises'', or ''Massoinques''.
Geography
Le Mas is located some 45 km north-west of
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
and 32 km east of
Castellane
Castellane (; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Castelana'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in southeastern France. With about 1,600 inhabitants, Castellane has the distinction of ...
in a direct line. Access to the commune is by road D10 which branches from the D5 road on the western border of the commune and passes through the length of the commune through the village before continuing to Aiglun in the east. The D110 branches from the D10 in the west of the commune and passes along the river valley to rejoin the D10 east of the village. The commune is alpine in nature with high mountains and alpine valleys throughout.
The ''Gironde'' river flows through the commune from west to east to join the Estéron which forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south then east joining the
Var
Var or VAR may refer to:
Places
* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
* Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...
at Saint-Martin-du-Var. Numerous tributaries feed the Gironde in the commune.
IGN
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Capua
Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
History
Ancient era
The name of Capua comes from the Etrusc ...
, Grand Seneschal of Provence, in recognition of his services received the lands of Mas and Aiglun from Queen Jeanne on 7 July 1348. He donated the land of Aiglun to his cousin Pons of Ferres on 18 May 1349. The fief of Mas passed down to Bertrand II de Grasse. The Grasse family lost the lordship of Mas at the time of the separation of Nice and it subsequently remained with the Counts of Provence.
In 1713 the
Treaty of Utrecht
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provided that Ubaye and its dependencies, formerly under the
Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
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, were exchanged for the French areas in the
Susa Valley
The Susa Valley ( it, Val di Susa; pms, Valsusa; french: Val de Suse; oc, Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the sou ...
so that the boundary followed the line of the watershed. But the overlapping of territories inherited from history remained:
Entraunes
Entraunes (; oc, Entraunas) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France.
Location
Entraunes lies 110 km northwest of Nice where the Var (river), Var flows into the Medi ...
and
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes (, literally ''Saint-Martin of Entraunes''; oc, Sant Martin d'Entraunas; it, San Martino d'Entraunes) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is located in the middle stretches of ...
were dependent on Barcelonnette but are in the Var valley while the Piedmontese side upstream of
Guillaumes
Guillaumes (; oc, Guilherme; it, Guglielmi) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as ''Guglielmi''.
The Valberg ski resort is, in part, located on thi ...
was already French. The Kingdoms of France and Piedmont both claimed them. In addition, in the Estéron Valley the right bank of the Var was Piedmontese which created a tongue of land jutting out into French Provence. In Haut-Var it was ultimately the line of the watershed which prevailed. To provide compensation to France and to reduce the irregularity of the border, the community of Mas was ceded to France in 1718.
For more historical information (in French click here
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 155 inhabitants.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
*The remains of a Chateau from the 11th century
*A small classical chateau
*A Mill to the south of the village
*The Arboretum du Sarroudier
Religious heritage
The Church of Notre-Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
*A Reliquary of Saint Arnoux (16th century)
*A Bust-Reliquary of Saint Arnoux (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
;Other religious sites of interest
*The Chapel of Saint Arnoux
*The Chapel of the White Penitents (Now converted to a private residence)
*The Chapel of Saint Sebastian (Now private)
*The Hamlet of Sausses with the Chapel of Saint Sauveur and the Oratory of Saint Aman
;Le Mas Photo Gallery
File:Le Mas Fountain.JPG, Le Mas Fountain
File:Le Mas - Chapelle Saint-Arnoux -1.JPG, The Chapel of Saint-Arnoux
File:Le Mas - Chapelle Saint-Arnoux -3.JPG, The Chapel of Saint-Arnoux interior
File:Le Mas -11.JPG, The old Chapel of the White Penitents
File:Le Mas -10.JPG, The Chapel of Saint Sebastian