Saint-Blaise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ blɛz]; Occitan: Sant Blai; Italian: San Biagio) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.
Saint-Blaise | |
---|---|
Location of Saint-Blaise .mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left} Saint-Blaise Saint-Blaise | |
Coordinates: 43°49′21″N 7°14′18″E / 43.8225°N 7.2383°E | |
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) | Jean-Paul Fabre[1] |
Area 1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,367 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06117 /06670 |
Elevation | 88–808 m (289–2,651 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 190 | — |
1975 | 210 | +1.44% |
1982 | 339 | +7.08% |
1990 | 640 | +8.27% |
1999 | 892 | +3.76% |
2009 | 948 | +0.61% |
2014 | 1,005 | +1.17% |
2020 | 1,350 | +5.04% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Saint-Blaise 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, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[4]