Falicon

Falicon (French pronunciation: [falikɔ̃]; Italian: Falicone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Falicon
Commune
The church in Falicon
Coat of arms
Location of Falicon
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Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″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)	Anaïs Tosel[1]
Area 1	5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,170
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06060 /06950
Elevation	103–581 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	715	—
1975	877	+2.96%
1982	1,065	+2.81%
1990	1,498	+4.36%
1999	1,644	+1.04%
2009	1,919	+1.56%
2014	1,969	+0.52%
2020	2,053	+0.70%
Source: INSEE[3]

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.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

• Merchweiler, Germany (1987)
• Castellino Tanaro, Italy (2004)

See also

• Falicon pyramid
• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department