Carros | |
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 The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Carros | |
  Carros Location within France  Carros Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Coordinates: 43°47′36″N 7°11′18″E / 43.7933°N 7.1883°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Nice-3 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Yannick Bernard |
Area 1 | 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 945 m (3,100 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 13,803 |
| • Density | 913.5/km2 (2,366/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06033 /06510 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Carros (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔs]; Occitan: Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros 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, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.
