Carros

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Carros

Total population

13,277

Elevation63 m

Land area15.11 km²

Coordinates43.78°, 7.19°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Carros 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. 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Jean-Pierre Augier

French sculptor

Charles de Villeneuve de Vence

French priest

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Célestin Albin de Cigala

French writer

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Désiré Niel

French politician (1814-1873)

François-Xavier Maistre

politician (1705-1789)

François Malausséna

French politician

Humbert Ricolfi

French politician (1886–1959)

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Jean Antoine Barrière

French politician

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Jean Laurenti

French politician (1893–1977)

Joseph Durandy

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Joseph Raybaud

French farmer and politician (1904–1991)

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Jules Fayssat

French politician (1855–1936)

Jules Pélissier

French actor

Ours de Villeneuve-Vence

French soldier, politician and officer

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Yvon Lambert

French art dealer (born 1936)

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Émile Hugues

French politician (1901–1966)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Châteauneuf-Villevieille
  5.7 mi away · pop. 971
• Saint-André-de-la-Roche
  5.9 mi away · pop. 5,782
• Bendejun
  6.4 mi away · pop. 950
• Cantaron
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,285
• La Trinité
  6.9 mi away · pop. 10,276
• Tourrettes-sur-Loup
  8 mi away · pop. 4,092
• Conségudes
  8.1 mi away · pop. 94
• Duranus
  8.3 mi away · pop. 157
• Utelle
  9.6 mi away · pop. 844
• Peillon
  9.7 mi away · pop. 1,445
• Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
  9.8 mi away · pop. 1,471
• Touët-de-l'Escarène
  9.8 mi away · pop. 306

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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