Bouyon
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Vence | |
| Community association | Sophia Antipolis | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ' N , 7 ° 7' E | |
| height | 159-1,260 m | |
| surface | 12.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 538 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 06510 | |
| INSEE code | 06022 | |
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Bouyon is a French municipality with 538 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Grasse and the Canton of Vence . The residents call themselves bouyonnais.
geography
Bouyon is located around 35 kilometers northwest of Nice . The neighboring municipalities are Gilette in the northeast, Le Broc in the southeast, Bézaudun-les-Alpes in the southwest and Les Ferres in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 288 | 157 | 202 | 229 | 243 | 352 | 460 | 489 |
Saint-Trophime et Notre-Dame church
Saint-Bernardin Chapel
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Bouyon
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Alpes-Maritimes . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-071-X , pp. 315-318.
Web links
Commons : Bouyon - collection of images, videos and audio files
