Levens, Alpes-Maritimes

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Levens (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a region in southeastern France.

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Name

There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:[2]

  • From the name of the Leponti tribe, which was changed to Leventi during the Roman period;
  • From the name of a notable Roman figure, Laevinus;
  • From the Ligurian word stem lev, indicating a sloping landscape;

Geography

The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the Var (Plan-du-Var hamlet) to the Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.

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Climate

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Population

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Mayors

List of mayors since 1860
Period Identity Party Quality
1994 Antoine Véran
1991 1994 Léon-Pierre Raybaud
1929 1991 Joseph Raybaud Senator of the Alpes-Maritimes
1903 1929 Jean Giletta
1896 1903 Léon Sauvan
1882 1896 Joseph Faraut
1878 1882 Louis Ciais
1871 1878 Victor Masséglia
1870 1871 Joseph Faraut
1865 1870 Louis Barriéra
1860 1865 Honoré Baudouin
Before the 1860 incorporation of County of Nice into France, Levens and the County of Nice were part of the Piedmont-Sardinia kingdom.

Tourism

Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[4]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Trouillot (Paule et Jean), Guide historique des 163 communes des Alpes-Maritimes et de Monaco, imprimerie la Toscane, Nice, 2006, page 140, (Template:ISBN).
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External links

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