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Levens | |
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 The village of Levens, seen from the west with theCime du Gélas in the background | |
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 Location of Levens | |
  Levens  Levens | |
| Coordinates:43°51′42″N7°13′31″E / 43.8617°N 7.2253°E /43.8617; 7.2253 | |
| 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) | Antoine Véran[1] |
Area 1 | 29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,366 |
| • Density | 179.8/km2 (465.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06075 /06670 |
| Elevation | 121–1,414 m (397–4,639 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Levens (French pronunciation:[ləvɛ̃s];Italian:Levenzo) is acommune in theAlpes-Maritimesdépartement inProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, aregion in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are calledLevensans (or Levensois).[citation needed]
There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:[3]
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 theVar (Plan-du-Varhamlet) to theFérion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.
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On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), no days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.1 °C (95.2 °F) on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was −7.8 °C (18.0 °F) on 6 February 2012.[4]
| Climate data for Levens (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2008–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.6 (92.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 35.1 (95.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.9 (49.8) | 17.1 (62.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.6 (36.7) | 8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −7.8 (18.0) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 2.5 (36.5) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.5 (40.1) | 0.3 (32.5) | −3.7 (25.3) | −6.9 (19.6) | −7.8 (18.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 69.4 (2.73) | 82.7 (3.26) | 98.6 (3.88) | 96.7 (3.81) | 69.5 (2.74) | 53.6 (2.11) | 23.5 (0.93) | 19.5 (0.77) | 49.9 (1.96) | 123.7 (4.87) | 174.1 (6.85) | 120.9 (4.76) | 982.1 (38.67) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 71.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,299 | — |
| 1975 | 1,422 | +1.30% |
| 1982 | 1,800 | +3.42% |
| 1990 | 2,686 | +5.13% |
| 1999 | 3,700 | +3.62% |
| 2007 | 4,503 | +2.49% |
| 2012 | 4,761 | +1.12% |
| 2017 | 4,738 | −0.10% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
| Period | Identity | Party | Quality |
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| 1994 | Antoine Véran | ||
| 1991 1994 | Léon-Pierre Raybaud | ||
| 1929 1991 | Joseph Raybaud | Senator of the Alpes-Maritimes | |
| 1903 1929 | Jean Giletta | ||
| 1896 1903 | Léon Sauvan | ||
| 1882 1896 | Joseph Faraut | ||
| 1878 1882 | Louis Ciais | ||
| 1871 1878 | Victor Masséglia | ||
| 1870 1871 | Joseph Faraut | ||
| 1865 1870 | Louis Barriéra | ||
| 1860 1865 | Honoré Baudouin | ||
| Before the 1860 incorporation of County of Nice into France, Levens and theCounty of Nice were part of thePiedmont-Sardinia kingdom. | |||
Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by theMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as theRoute 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 andUtelle.[6]
