Coursegoules Explained

Coursegoules
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Coursegoules (Alpes-Maritimes).svg
Arrondissement:	Grasse
Canton:	Vence
Insee:	06050
Postal Code:	06140
Mayor:	Dominique Trabaud^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Sophia Antipolis
Coordinates:	43.7942°N 7.0444°W
Elevation M:	1020
Elevation Min M:	640
Elevation Max M:	1700
Area Km2:	40.98

Coursegoules (pronounced as /fr/;^[2] oc|Corsegolas; Italian: Corsegola, formerly) is a rural commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. It is part of Préalpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park.^[3]

Demographics

Its inhabitants are known in French as Coursegoulois (masculine) and Coursegouloises (feminine).

Notable people

• Numa Andoire (19 March 1908 – 2 January 1994), was a French football defender and a manager. He participated at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but never gained any cups with the French football team.

Celebrity links

The singer Camille, in her album Ilo Veyou (2012), dedicated her song Le Berger to Coursegoules.

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Visite de Coursegoules, un village de caractère.. Midi en France.
3. Les communes du Parc, www.parc-prealpesdazur.fr.