Carros
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{for-multi|the given name|Caros|the surname|Karros}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Carros
|commune status = Commune
|image = Carros_-_Chapelle_Notre_Dame_des_Selves.JPG
|caption = The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Carros 06.svg
|arrondissement = Grasse
|canton = Nice-3
|INSEE = 06033
|postal code = 06510
|term = 2022–2026
|intercommunality = Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7933|7.1883|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 385
|elevation min m = 63
|elevation max m = 945
|area km2 = 15.11
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Carros ({{IPA|fr|kaʁɔs}}; {{langx|oc|Carròs}}) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros 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, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.{{cite web|url=http://www.nicecotedazur.org/uploads/media_items/villagesperches2013-ang.original.pdf|title=The route of perched villages|publisher=Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|year=2013}}
Population
The inhabitants are called Carrossois.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|6985|Carros}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-06033#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |404
|1800 |567
|1806 |616
|1821 |748
|1838 |811
|1848 |776
|1858 |818
|1861 |634
|1866 |656
|1872 |606
|1876 |534
|1881 |525
|1886 |512
|1891 |536
|1896 |560
|1901 |443
|1906 |453
|1911 |453
|1921 |390
|1926 |384
|1931 |403
|1936 |509
|1946 |563
|1954 |662
|1962 |761
|1968 |963
|1975 |4197
|1982 |8457
|1990 |10747
|1999 |10710
|2007 |11597
|2012 |11497
|2017 |12329
}}
See also
References
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{{Alpes-Maritimes communes}}
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Category:Communes of Alpes-Maritimes
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