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Levens, Alpes-Maritimes

Levens (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a region in southeastern France.

Its inhabitants are called Levensans (or Levensois).

Name

There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:

  • From the name of the Leponti tribe, which was changed to Leventi during the Roman period;
  • From the name of a notable Roman figure, Laevinus;
  • From the Ligurian word stem lev, indicating a sloping landscape;

Geography

The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the Var (Plan-du-Var hamlet) to the Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.

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Climate

On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below , no days per year with a minimum temperature below , 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below , and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above . The record high temperature was on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was on 6 February 2012.

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Tourism

Levens 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, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.

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