Duranus Explained

Duranus
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Duranus.svg
Arrondissement:Nice
Canton:Tourrette-Levens
Insee:06055
Postal Code:06670
Mayor:Jean-Michel Maurel[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Coordinates:43.8942°N 7.2597°W
Elevation Min M:194
Elevation Max M:1500
Area Km2:16.10

Duranus (in French pronounced as /dyʁanys/; Occitan (post 1500);: Duranús; Italian: Duranusso) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Tourism

Duranus 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 as follows: Aspremont, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Web site: The route of perched villages. Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.