Colomars
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| 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) | Isabelle Brès[1] |
Area 1 | 6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06046 /06670 |
| Elevation | 57–402 m (187–1,319 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. | |
Colomars (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔmaʁ]; Nissart: Couloumas; Italian: Colomarte) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Inhabitants of Colomars are called Colomarsois. Colomars is a part of the Pays Niçois. The local dialect is Nissart.
Colomars is 15 minutes away from the center of Nice by car. The village has both a sea and mountains view.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Colomars is a residential area, located in a valley between Var to the west and Mont Chauve to the east. There are many pines and olive trees in the centre of the village. The fortress in Colomars was built in 1880 and the Sirole chapel was inaugurated in 1857.
History
[edit | edit source]Colomars was founded in 1070 by the monastery of Saint-Pons for the children of Raimbaud de Nice and Rostaing de Gréolièrs. A decree signed on 2 June 1874 by Maréchal de Mac Mahon separated Colomars, Aspremont and Castagniers into three separate villages. The municipality has celebrated 125 years of age on 19 September 1999.
Administration
[edit | edit source]The current mayor of Colomars is Isabelle Brès, since March 2008.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 979 | — |
| 1975 | 1,241 | +3.45% |
| 1982 | 1,714 | +4.72% |
| 1990 | 2,307 | +3.78% |
| 1999 | 2,876 | +2.48% |
| 2007 | 3,199 | +1.34% |
| 2012 | 3,318 | +0.73% |
| 2017 | 3,424 | +0.63% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Tourism
[edit | edit source]Colomars 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, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[3]
See also
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- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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External links
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