Saint-Blaise, Alpes-Maritimes

Saint-Blaise
The bell tower of the church
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Saint-Blaise
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Saint-Blaise
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Levens
Intercommunality	Nice-Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Fabre
Area1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	936
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	06117 / 06670
Elevation	88–808 m (289–2,651 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Blaise is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	156	—
1968	190	+21.8%
1975	210	+10.5%
1982	339	+61.4%
1990	640	+88.8%
1999	892	+39.4%
2008	936	+4.9%

Tourism

Saint-Blaise is one of thirteen villages grouped together by the Communauté d'agglomération de 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, La Roquette, Levens, Saint-Jeannet and Tourrette-Levens.

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

• INSEE