Levens, Alpes-Maritimes

Name

There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:

• From the name of the Leponti tribe, which was changed to Leventi during the Roman period;
• From the name of a notable Roman figure, Laevinus;
• From the Ligurian word stem lev, indicating a sloping landscape;

Geography

The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the Var (Plan-du-Var hamlet) to the Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.

Gallery

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Climate

On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 C, no days per year with a minimum temperature below -10 C, 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 C, and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 C. The record high temperature was 35.1 C on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was -7.8 C on 6 February 2012.

|Jan record high C = 18.8 |Feb record high C = 18.6 |Mar record high C = 22.2 |Apr record high C = 25.2 |May record high C = 29.7 |Jun record high C = 35.1 |Jul record high C = 33.3 |Aug record high C = 33.6 |Sep record high C = 30.6 |Oct record high C = 25.5 |Nov record high C = 20.0 |Dec record high C = 20.2

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Population

|1968 |1299 |1975 |1422 |1982 |1800 |1990 |2686 |1999 |3700 |2007 |4503 |2012 |4761 |2017 |4738

Mayors

Tourism

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

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. Trouillot (Paule et Jean), Guide historique des 163 communes des Alpes-Maritimes et de Monaco, imprimerie la Toscane, Nice, 2006, page 140, ({{ISBN. 2-9514405-5-3).
3. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-06075#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
4. (2013). "The route of perched villages". Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.