Castagniers

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Castagniers
Commune
The monastery
Coat of arms
Location of Castagniers
Castagniers Location within France Show map of France Castagniers Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°47′32″N 7°13′56″E / 43.7922°N 7.2322°E / 43.7922; 7.2322
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)	Jean-François Spinelli
Area 1	7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Highest elevation	881 m (2,890 ft)
Lowest elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population  (2023)	1,666
• Density	222/km2 (574/sq mi)
Demonym	Castagnérenques
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06034 /06670
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castagniers (French pronunciation: [kastaɲe]; Occitan: Castanhiers; Italian: Castagnera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Tourism

Castagniers 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, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens, and Utelle.

See also

• Castagniers Abbey
• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

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