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Duranus

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Duranus (French pronunciation: [dyʁanys]; Occitan: Duranús; Italian: Duranusso) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

01Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 118,     
1975 85−4.58%
1982 118+4.80%
1990 142+2.34%
1999 156+1.05%
2007 163+0.55%
2012 170+0.84%
2017 140−3.81%
2023 151+1.27%
Source: INSEE

02Tourism

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.

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