| Courmes | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Courmes 06.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Grasse |
| Canton: | Valbonne |
| Insee: | 06049 |
| Postal Code: | 06620 |
| Demonym: | Courmois |
| Mayor: | Richard Thiery[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Sophia Antipolis |
| Coordinates: | 43.7436°N 7.0097°W |
| Elevation M: | 630 |
| Elevation Min M: | 260 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1263 |
| Area Km2: | 15.71 |
Courmes (in French pronounced as /kuʁm/; Occitan (post 1500);: Cormes) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is part of Préalpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park.[2] In 2020, Courmes had a population of 108.
The Loup River, which marks the western border with Gourdon, offers scenic hikes in the area, renowned for its river gorges (Gorges du Loup),[3] including around the Cascades du Saut du Loup between Courmes and Gourdon, as well as the Cascade de Courmes below.
Albert Dauzat describes Corma (1176) as old Provençal : A place planted with Cornus mas, or an oronym pre-Latin.[4]
Marie-Thérèse Morlet does not take up in her recent research (1997), the possibility left by Dauzat of a pre-Latin oronym.[5]
Frédéric Mistral in Lou Tresor dóu Felibrige (1878-1886) writes that Courmo, Courmes is a place name in the Alpes-Maritimes and that Courmes and Decormis ['''[[:fr:Louis de Cormis|fr]]] are Provençal family names.[6]
Oronym much more Nissart than Grassois Georges Castellana, Nice-French Dictionary. Edition Serre 1952, page 67: “Short summit, apogee; the height, done". At no time does he make a link with the village of Courmes or with the original name : Corma, Corme