Country France Arrondissement Arrondissement of Nice Area 9.44 km² | Department Alpes-Maritimes Canton Levens Local time Sunday 11:16 PM | |
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Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Intercommunality Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Weather 7°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Aspremont is a French commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
Contents
- Map of Aspremont France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- Twin Towns
- References
Map of Aspremont, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aspremontois or Aspremontoises.
Geography
Aspremont is located some 10 km north of Nice and 5 km east of Carros. Access to the commune is by road M414 (Route de Nice) from Nice in the south, by the M14 road from Saint-Blaise in the north, and by the M719 from Tourrette-Levens in the east. Apart from the village there are the towns of Les Salettes, La Plaine, La Valliere, and La Prairie near the village and Les Templiers, Bassac, Cabanes Bletonnieres, and Gibeste in the south. The commune is rugged and heavily forested in the west and east.
The Magnan river rises near the village and flows south through the heart of the commune then to the Mediterranean sea in the south-west of Nice.
History
After the abandonment of the Aspremont-le-Vieux site in 1426, a fortified village was built in concentric circles at the foot of Mont-Chauve on a hill overlooking a path between the Var and the Paillon de Tourrette Valley. Soil and sunshine favoured the cultivation of vines, olives, and fruit trees, particularly fig trees. There was production of wine and olive oil in the county until the end of the 19th century.
In 1874 Aspremont had its land area divided to create the new communes of Colomars and Castagniers.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 2,187 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)