| Peillon | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Peillon A (Alpes-Maritimes).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Nice |
| Canton: | Contes |
| Insee: | 06092 |
| Postal Code: | 06440 |
| Demonym: | Peillonnais |
| Mayor: | Jean-Marc Rancurel[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pays des Paillons |
| Coordinates: | 43.7786°N 7.3828°W |
| Elevation M: | 372 |
| Elevation Min M: | 115 |
| Elevation Max M: | 720 |
| Area Km2: | 8.7 |
Peillon (in French pronounced as /pɛjɔ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Pelhon; Italian: Peglione, formerly) is a rural commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
See also: Village perché. The village of Peillon, perched on a hilltop in the Paillon Valley, is known to have stairs instead of roads; it is dominated by its Église Saint-Sauveur (Saint Sauveur church), which was last restored in 1980. It is also home to the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs (Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs chapel), which features 15th-century fresco paintings by Giovanni Canavesio.[2]
The commune is served by Peillon-Sainte-Thècle station in the valley, on the Nice to Breil-sur-Roya SNCF railway.
In French, the inhabitants are called Peillonnais (masculine) and Peillonnaises (feminine).