Falicon

Falicon
The church in Falicon
Coat of arms
Falicon
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Falicon
Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°ECoordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Nice-13
Intercommunality	Nice-Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gisèle Kruppert
Area^1	5.17 km^2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,926
• Density	370/km^2 (960/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	06060 / 06950
Elevation	103–581 m (338–1,906 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	605	—
1968	715	+18.2%
1975	877	+22.7%
1982	1,065	+21.4%
1990	1,498	+40.7%
1999	1,644	+9.7%
2008	1,926	+17.2%

Tourism

Falicon 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, Duranus, Èze, La Gaude, La Roquette, Levens, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet and Tourrette-Levens.^[1]

Twin towns — Sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

• Merchweiler, Germany (1987)
• Castellino Tanaro, Italy (2004)

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

• INSEE

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