Falicon Explained

Falicon
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Falicon (06).svg
Arrondissement:	Nice
Canton:	Tourrette-Levens
Insee:	06060
Postal Code:	06950
Mayor:	Anaïs Tosel^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Coordinates:	43.75°N 7.2803°W
Elevation M:	300
Elevation Min M:	103
Elevation Max M:	581
Area Km2:	5.17

Falicon (in French pronounced as /falikɔ̃/; Italian: Falicone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

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.^[2]

Twin towns — sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

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

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

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.