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
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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Population
Tourism
Tourrette-Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nice. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. It was created in Decem ...
tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont,
Carros
Carros (; oc, Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (Rou ...
Coaraze
Coaraze (; oc, Coarasa) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Geography
Coaraze is a small village in the Nice hinterland, in the valley of the River Paillon. The cl ...
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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 Pays Niçois. ...
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Duranus
Duranus (; oc, Duranús) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
Tourism
Duranus is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route ...
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Èze
Èze (; oc, Esa; it, Eza) is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera, 8.5 km (5.2 mi) to the northeast of Nice and 4.5 km (2.7 mi ...
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Falicon
Falicon () is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
Tourism
Falicon is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perc ...
,
La Gaude
La Gaude (; oc, La Gauda) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
History
To the south of the village, a restored Roman stele is close to the Aurelian Way, the Roman road that passed near the present cultural ...
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Lantosque
Lantosque (; oc, Lantosca) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (R ...
La Roquette-sur-Var
La Roquette-sur-Var (, literally ''La Roquette on Var''; oc, Sa Roqueta de Var) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist ...
Utelle
Utelle (; oc, Uels) is a commune about northeast of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
It is perched on a hill along the Vesubie Gorge not far from the Mercantour National Park.
Sights
Formerly an agr ...