Saint-Jeannet | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Jeannet (Alpes-Maritimes).svg |
Arrondissement: | Grasse |
Canton: | Vence |
Insee: | 06122 |
Postal Code: | 06640 |
Mayor: | Julie Charles[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
Coordinates: | 43.7472°N 7.1439°W |
Elevation M: | 400 |
Elevation Min M: | 39 |
Elevation Max M: | 934 |
Area Km2: | 14.58 |
Saint-Jeannet (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒanɛ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sant Joanet) is a hilly commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. Located just northeast of Vence, it is part of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.
In the 10th century, Saint-Jeannet became part of the County of Provence, under the leadership of William I.
Saint-Jeannet 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, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[2]