Levens (; ) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes ''
département'' in
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Levensans'' (or Levensois).
Name
There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:
*From the name of the ''Leponti'' tribe, which was changed to ''Leventi'' during the Roman period;
*From the name of a notable Roman figure, ''Laevinus'';
*From the
Ligurian word stem ''lev'', indicating a sloping landscape;
Geography
The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the
Var (Plan-du-Var
hamlet) to the
Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.
Gallery
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Climate
On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below , no days per year with a minimum temperature below , 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below , and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above . The record high temperature was on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was on 6 February 2012.
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Population
Mayors
Tourism
Levens 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, 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, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.
See also
* Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
References
External links
Levens' anthem
Some chimes and knells from the County of Nice
''tirignoun'' (chime) and ''clar'' (knell) from Levens.
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Communes of Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia