Le Caire | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Le Caire.svg |
Arrondissement: | Forcalquier |
Canton: | Seyne |
Insee: | 04037 |
Postal Code: | 04250 |
Mayor: | Jean-Michel Magnan[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.3703°N 6.0606°W |
Elevation M: | 720 |
Elevation Min M: | 743 |
Elevation Max M: | 1559 |
Area Km2: | 17.63 |
Le Caire (in French pronounced as /lə kɛʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Caire) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France, about 30 km north of Sisteron. The town's principal economic activity is aboriculture.
Its inhabitants are called Cairois in French.
The town's via ferrata, named Via ferrata de la grande fistoire, was created in 1996. In 2006, the via had been climbed by 40,000 people. It is also the nearest via ferrata to Marseille.[2]
The town's old lime plaster mill was declared an historic monument in 1996.