Castagniers

Castagniers (French pronunciation: [kastaɲe]; Occitan: Castanhiers; Italian: Castagnera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Castagniers
Commune
The monastery
Coat of arms
Location of Castagniers
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Coordinates: 43°47′32″N 7°13′56″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Tourrette-Levens
Intercommunality	Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Spinelli[1]
Area 1	7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,674
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Demonym	Castagnérenques
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06034 /06670
Elevation	68–881 m (223–2,890 ft) (avg. 382 m or 1,253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	820	—
1975	958	+2.25%
1982	1,076	+1.67%
1990	1,229	+1.68%
1999	1,359	+1.12%
2009	1,516	+1.10%
2014	1,561	+0.59%
2020	1,674	+1.17%
Source: INSEE[3]

Tourism

Castagniers 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, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens, and Utelle.^[4]

See also

• Castagniers Abbey
• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department