Utelle

Utelle

A view of Utelle from a nearby hillside

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Utelle

Coordinates: 43°55′07″N 7°14′53″E / 43.9186°N 7.2481°E / 43.9186; 7.2481Coordinates: 43°55′07″N 7°14′53″E / 43.9186°N 7.2481°E / 43.9186; 7.2481
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Canton Lantosque
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bernard Cortes
Area1 67.97 km2 (26.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 693
 • Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 06151 / 06450
Elevation 126–2,080 m (413–6,824 ft)
(avg. 800 m or 2,600 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.

Utelle (Occitan: Uels) is a commune about 40 miles (64 km) 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 agricultural village planted with numerous olive trees, the village is near the Madonne d'Utelle, a chapel that serves as an annual pilgrimage site for local Catholics. In their 1997 book "The Templar Revelation," Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince mention (on pg. 82) "the old Templar town of Utelle, whose medieval houses still bear the esoteric sigils of the alchemists..."

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962506—    
1968516+2.0%
1975451−12.6%
1982398−11.8%
1990456+14.6%
1999488+7.0%
2008693+42.0%

See also

Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

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