Courmes
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Courmes}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Courmes
|native name = {{native name|oc|Corma}}
|commune status = Commune
|image = Courmes.jpg
|caption = A general view of the village
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Courmes 06.svg
|arrondissement = Grasse
|canton = Valbonne
|INSEE = 06049
|postal code = 06620
|demonym = Courmois
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Sophia Antipolis
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7436|7.0097|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 630
|elevation min m = 260
|elevation max m = 1263
|area km2 = 15.71
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|website = {{url|http://www.courmes.fr|www.courmes.fr}}
}}
Courmes ({{IPA|fr|kuʁm}}; {{langx|oc|Cormes}}) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is part of Préalpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.parc-prealpesdazur.fr/le-parc/le-perimetre/les-communes-du-parc/ Les communes du Parc], www.parc-prealpesdazur.fr. In 2020, Courmes had a population of 108.
The Loup River, which marks the western border with Gourdon, offers scenic hikes in the area, renowned for its river gorges (Gorges du Loup),{{in lang|fr}} [https://actu.fr/loisirs-culture/evasion/en-images-a-la-decouverte-du-saut-du-loup-les-sublimes-cascades-du-pays-nicois_43279902.html "À la découverte du Saut du Loup, les sublimes cascades du pays niçois"], actu.fr, 23 July 2021. including around the Cascades du Saut du Loup between Courmes and Gourdon, as well as the Cascade de Courmes below.
Demographics
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-06049#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |26
|1975 |42
|1982 |60
|1990 |64
|1999 |88
|2009 |98
|2014 |124
|2020 |108
}}
Toponymy
File:P_de_Corma_Courmes_Charte_1176.png
Albert Dauzat describes Corma (1176) as old Provençal : A place planted with Cornus mas, or an oronym pre-Latin.Albert Dauzat Etymological dictionary of place names in France, Librairie Guénégaud, 1963, {{p.|229}}
Marie-Thérèse Morlet does not take up in her recent research (1997), the possibility left by Dauzat of a pre-Latin oronym. : Oronym much more Nissart than Grassois Georges Castellana, Nice-French Dictionary. Edition Serre 1952, page 67: “Short summit, apogee; the height, done".
At no time does he make a link with the village of Courmes or with the original name : Corma, Corme
Frédéric Mistral in Lou Tresor dóu Felibrige (1878-1886) writes that Courmo, Courmes is a place name in the Alpes-Maritimes and that Courmes and Decormis [fr] are Provençal family names.Frédéric Mistral, Lou Trésor dou Félibrige or Provençal-French Dictionary: embracing the various dialects of the modern langue d'oc, Ed. Marcel Petit, 1979, page 643 ( [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k74854/f650.image read online]).
See also
References
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