Levens, Alpes-Maritimes
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Levens | |
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 The village of Levens, seen from the west with the Cime du Gélas in the background | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Levens | |
  Levens  Levens | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′42″N 7°13′31″E / 43.8617°N 7.2253°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Nice |
| Canton | Tourrette-Levens |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Antoine Véran[1] |
Area 1 | 29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,377 |
| • Density | 180.1/km2 (466.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06075 /06670 |
| Elevation | 121–1,414 m (397–4,639 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Levens (French pronunciation: [ləvɛ̃s]; Italian: Levenzo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a region in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Levensans (or Levensois).[citation needed]
Geography
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Climate
On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), no days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.1 °C (95.2 °F) on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was −7.8 °C (18.0 °F) on 6 February 2012.[4]
| Climate data for Levens (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2008–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.6 (92.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.4 (2.73) |
82.7 (3.26) |
98.6 (3.88) |
96.7 (3.81) |
69.5 (2.74) |
53.6 (2.11) |
23.5 (0.93) |
19.5 (0.77) |
49.9 (1.96) |
123.7 (4.87) |
174.1 (6.85) |
120.9 (4.76) |
982.1 (38.67) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 71.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,299 | — |
| 1975 | 1,422 | +1.30% |
| 1982 | 1,800 | +3.42% |
| 1990 | 2,686 | +5.13% |
| 1999 | 3,700 | +3.62% |
| 2007 | 4,503 | +2.49% |
| 2012 | 4,761 | +1.12% |
| 2017 | 4,738 | −0.10% |
| 2023 | 5,377 | +2.13% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Mayors
| Period | Identity | Party | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Antoine Véran | ||
| 1991 1994 | Léon-Pierre Raybaud | ||
| 1929 1991 | Joseph Raybaud | Senator of the Alpes-Maritimes | |
| 1903 1929 | Jean Giletta | ||
| 1896 1903 | Léon Sauvan | ||
| 1882 1896 | Joseph Faraut | ||
| 1878 1882 | Louis Ciais | ||
| 1871 1878 | Victor Masséglia | ||
| 1870 1871 | Joseph Faraut | ||
| 1865 1870 | Louis Barriéra | ||
| 1860 1865 | Honoré Baudouin | ||
| Before the 1860 incorporation of County of Nice into France, Levens and the County of Nice were part of the Piedmont-Sardinia kingdom. | |||
Tourism
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, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[6]
