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Utelle

Coordinates: 43°55′07″N 7°14′53″E / 43.9186°N 7.2481°E / 43.9186; 7.2481
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Utelle
A view of Utelle from a nearby hillside
A view of Utelle from a nearby hillside
Coat of arms of Utelle
Location of Utelle
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Utelle is located in France
Utelle
Utelle
Utelle is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Utelle
Utelle
Coordinates: 43°55′07″N 7°14′53″E / 43.9186°N 7.2481°E / 43.9186; 7.2481
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonTourrette-Levens
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Gilli[1]
Area
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67.97 km2 (26.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
844
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06151 /06450
Elevation126–2,080 m (413–6,824 ft)
(avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Utelle (French pronunciation: [ytɛl]; Occitan: Uels; Italian: Utello) is a commune about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Geography

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It is perched on a hill along the Vesubie Gorge not far from the Mercantour National Park.

Sights

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Formerly an agricultural village planted with numerous olive trees, the village is near the Madonne d'Utelle, a chapel that serves as an annual pilgrimage site for local Catholics. In their 1997 book "The Templar Revelation," Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince mention (on pg. 82) "the old Templar town of Utelle, whose medieval houses still bear the esoteric sigils of the alchemists..." It 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 Tourrette-Levens.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 516—    
1975 451−1.91%
1982 398−1.77%
1990 456+1.72%
1999 488+0.76%
2009 698+3.64%
2014 812+3.07%
2020 863+1.02%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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