Duranus

Duranus

The church of Duranus

Coat of arms
Duranus

Coordinates: 43°53′39″N 7°15′35″E / 43.8942°N 7.2597°E / 43.8942; 7.2597Coordinates: 43°53′39″N 7°15′35″E / 43.8942°N 7.2597°E / 43.8942; 7.2597
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Canton Levens
Intercommunality Nice-Côte d'Azur
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Henri Roux
Area1 16.10 km2 (6.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 170
  Density 11/km2 (27/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 06055 / 06670
Elevation 194–1,500 m (636–4,921 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Duranus is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1982118    
1990142+20.3%
1999156+9.9%
2008170+9.0%

Tourism

Duranus is one of thirteen villages grouped together by the Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, La Roquette, Levens, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet and Tourrette-Levens.[1]

See also

References

  1. Booklet The route of perched villages, Communaute Nice Côte d'Azur, 2007

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duranus.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.