Bairols is located at an altitude of 830 metres on a rocky ridge some 20 km north ofGilette and 5 km north ofVillars-sur-Var. Access to the commune is by the M26 road fromTournefort in the south which passes through the south-eastern corner of the commune and connects with the tortuous M56 road which continues to the village. The commune is a rugged alpine commune.[4]
TheTinée river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join theVar. Many tributaries rise in the commune and flow east to join the Tinée including theVallon du Serre, theRuisseau de Fava, theVallon du Bairols, and theRavin de Saint Martin.[4]
The MedievalChurch of Sainte-Marguerite whose "S" form is due to the topography. Inside there are two frescoes in thechoir on the theme of the Baptism of Christ. The church has a painting by Jean Rocca of the Virgin of the Rosary and Mysteries dated 1645.[8][9] The church also contains a Group Sculpture on a Processional dais of Saint Marguerite and the Tarasque (18th century) which is registered as an historical object.[10]
TheChapel of Saint Antoine above the village
TheChapel of Saint-Roch, above, built around 1750
Remains of theChapel of Saint-Martin
Two former oil and grain mills
The remains of the old village below the present village.
^Charles Astro, Luc F. Thévenon,Painting in the 17th century in the Southern Alps, p. 58, éditions Serre (collectionPatrimoines), Nice, 1985ISBN2-86410-048-7(in French)
^Christiane Lorgues-Lapouge, René Lorgues,Baroque County of Nice - Volume 1: The Tinée Valley, p. 27-31, Encyclopædia Niciensis, Volume V, Serre éditeur, Nice, 2004ISBN2-86410-416-4; p. 99(in French)
Philippe de Beauchamp,The misunderstood High Country. Isolated Villages and Hamlets of Alpes-Marities, p. 81, éditions Serre, Nice, 1989,ISBN2-86410-131-9; p. 159(in French)