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Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E

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Falicon
Commune
The church in Falicon
Coat of arms
Location of Falicon
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Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 7°16′49″E / 43.75°N 7.2803°E / 43.75; 7.2803
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)	Anaïs Tosel^[1]
Area ¹	5.17 km² (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,111
• Density	410/km² (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06060 /06950
Elevation	103–581 m (338–1,906 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Falicon (French pronunciation: [falikɔ̃]; Italian: Falicone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	715	—
1975	877	+2.96%
1982	1,065	+2.81%
1990	1,498	+4.36%
1999	1,644	+1.04%
2009	1,919	+1.56%
2014	1,969	+0.52%
2020	2,053	+0.70%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Tourism

Falicon 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, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Falicon is twinned with:

Merchweiler, Germany (1987)
Castellino Tanaro, Italy (2004)

See also

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.

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