Carros
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Nice-3 | |
| Community association | Nice Cote d'Azur | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 7 ° 11' E | |
| height | 63-945 m | |
| surface | 15.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,329 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 816 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 06510 | |
| INSEE code | 06033 | |
| Website | www.ville-carros.fr | |
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Carros is a commune with 12,329 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . The municipality is located in the Arrondissement of Grasse and belongs to the canton of Nice-3 . It is also part of the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis .
geography
Carros is located above the valley of the River Var , about twenty kilometers northwest of Nice .
history
The area around Carros was already populated in the pre-Roman, Iron Age epoch, in the period from the sixth to the first century BC. With the conquest of southern Gaul by the troops of Rome, the settlement here became vicus lavaratensis . The strategic location above the Vartal was used from the 12th century. The Castrum Carrossi appears in the sources. The lords of the castle were supporters of the Order of Malta.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 761 | 963 | 4197 | 8457 | 10,747 | 10,710 | 311.379 | 11,614 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Carros
- Castle above the Vartal from the 12th century, destroyed and rebuilt several times
- Chapelle des Selves, chapel from around 1100, probably already around 1000 first foundations
- "Ligurian field" on the hills of Carros
- 19th century Briquet mill
- 16th century bell tower of the Notre Dame de Cola church; the building is based on foundations from the 11th and 12th centuries.
Personalities
- Octave Guillonnet (1872–1967), painter
- Louis Nucera (1928-2000), writer
- Sébastien Frey (* 1980), football player
Community partnerships
Carros has maintained a partnership with the Italian municipality of San Giustino in the province of Perugia, Umbria , since 2002 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Alpes-Maritimes . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-071-X , pp. 269-275.
