Coaraze

Coaraze
Coaraze
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Contes
Intercommunality	Nice-Côte d'Azur
Mayor	Monique Giraud-Lazari (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	313–1,414 m (1,027–4,639 ft) (avg. 620 m/2,030 ft)
Land area1	17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population2	729  (2008)
- Density	43 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	06043/ 06390
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.

Coordinates: 43°51′54″N 7°17′45″E / 43.865°N 7.29583333333°E / 43.865; 7.29583333333

Coaraze is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Its inhabitants are called Coaraziens.

Geography

Coaraze is a small village in the Nice hinterland, in the valley of the River Paillon. The closest town is Contes, 8 km (5.0 mi) away.

The village itself is built on a sandstone mount at the foot of Mount Férion (1,414 metres or 4,660 feet (1,420 m) high).

History

Erected as a baronnie in 1629, Coaraze was under Spanish administration from 1744 to 1748. In the nineteenth century the old trail was replaced by a road.

Population

Historical population of Coaraze

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
421	513	327	463	540	654	729

Tourism

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

Coaraze is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (most beautiful villages of France) association.

Personalities

• Jean Cocteau
• Jules Engel

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

• INSEE

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