Duranus

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{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Duranus}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Duranus

|commune status = Commune

|image = L'église de Duranus.JPG

|caption = The church of Duranus

|image coat of arms = Blason Duranus.svg

|arrondissement = Nice

|canton = Tourrette-Levens

|INSEE = 06055

|postal code = 06670

|mayor = Jean-Michel Maurel{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur

|coordinates = {{coord|43.8942|7.2597|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 194

|elevation max m = 1500

|area km2 = 16.10

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Duranus ({{IPA|fr|dyʁanys}}; {{langx|oc|Duranús}}; {{langx|it|Duranusso}}) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-06055#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |118

|1975 |85

|1982 |118

|1990 |142

|1999 |156

|2009 |177

|2014 |139

|2020 |152

}}

Tourism

Duranus 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 as follows: Aspremont, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, 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}}

See also

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