Tourrette-Levens Explained

Tourrette-Levens
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Ville fr Tourrette-Levens (06).svg
Arrondissement:Nice
Canton:Tourrette-Levens
Insee:06147
Postal Code:06690
Demonym:Tourrettans
Mayor:Bertrand Gasiglia[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Coordinates:43.7875°N 7.2767°W
Elevation M:390
Elevation Min M:160
Elevation Max M:845
Area Km2:16.5

Tourrette-Levens (in French pronounced as /turɛt ləvɛ̃s/; Occitan (post 1500);: Torreta de Levens; Italian: Torretta Levenzo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.[2]

Tourism

Tourrette-Levens 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, Saint-Jeannet and Utelle.[3]

See also

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. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM06147-tourrette-levens Commune de Tourrette-Levens (06147)
  3. Web site: The route of perched villages. Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.