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Falicon

Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E / 43.75; 7.2803
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Falicon
The church in Falicon
The church in Falicon
Coat of arms of Falicon
Location of Falicon
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Falicon is located in France
Falicon
Falicon
Falicon is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Falicon
Falicon
Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E / 43.75; 7.2803
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonTourrette-Levens
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gisèle Kruppert
Area
1
5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
2,111
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06060 /06950
Elevation103–581 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.

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962605—    
1968715+18.2%
1975877+22.7%
19821,065+21.4%
19901,498+40.7%
19991,644+9.7%
20081,926+17.2%

Tourism

Falicon 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, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[2]

Twin towns — sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.