Colomars

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Coordinates: 43°45′52″N 7°13′22″E / 43.7644444444, 7.22277777778

Commune of Colomars
Location
Colomars (France)
Colomars
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Canton Levens
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur
Statistics
Elevation 57 m–402 m
(avg. 300 m)
Land area¹ 6,72 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2876
 - Density 427/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 06046/ 06670
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Colomars (Nissart: Couloumas) is a commune in France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Inhabitants of Colomars are called Colomarsois. Colomars is a part of the Pays niçois. The local language is Nissart.

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[edit] Geography

Colomars is a residential area, located in a valley between Var to the west and Mont Chauve to the east. There are many pines and olive trees in the centre of the village. The fortress in Colomars was built in 1880 and the Sirole chapel was inaugurated in 1857.

[edit] History

Colomars was founded in 1070 by the monastery of Saint-Pons for the children of Raimbaud de Nice and Rostaing de Gréolièrs. A decree signed on June 2, 1874 by Maréchal de Mac Mahon separated Colomars, Aspremont and Castagniers into three separate villages. The municipality has celebrated 125 years of age on September 19, 1999.

[edit] Administration

The current mayor of Colomars is Henri-Paul Girard, since March 2001.

[edit] Demography

Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 679 979 1241 1714 2307 2876

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