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Duranus

Coordinates: 43°53′39″N 7°15′35″E / 43.8942°N 7.2597°E

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Duranus
Commune
The church of Duranus
Coat of arms
Location of Duranus
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Coordinates: 43°53′39″N 7°15′35″E / 43.8942°N 7.2597°E / 43.8942; 7.2597
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Tourrette-Levens
Intercommunality	Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Roux
Area ¹	16.10 km² (6.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]	157
• Density	9.8/km² (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06055 /06670
Elevation	194–1,500 m (636–4,921 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Duranus (Template:Lang-oc) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1982	118	—
1990	142	+20.3%
1999	156	+9.9%
2008	170	+9.0%

Tourism

Duranus 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, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.^[2]

See also

Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.

External links

La mine de Duranus, à Athena

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Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

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