Coaraze

Coaraze
An overall view of the village of Coaraze
Coat of arms
Coaraze
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Coaraze
Coordinates: 43°51′54″N 7°17′45″E / 43.865°N 7.2958°E / 43.865; 7.2958Coordinates: 43°51′54″N 7°17′45″E / 43.865°N 7.2958°E / 43.865; 7.2958
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Contes
Intercommunality	Nice-Côte d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Monique Giraud-Lazari
Area1	17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	729
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	06043 /06390
Elevation	313–1,414 m (1,027–4,639 ft) (avg. 620 m or 2,030 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coaraze (Occitan: Coarasa) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Coaraze is a small village in the Nice hinterland, in the valley of the River Paillon. The closest town is Contes, 8 km (5.0 mi) away.

The village itself is built on a sandstone mount at the foot of Mount Férion (1,414 metres or 4,660 feet (1,420 m) high).

Erected as a baronnie in 1629, Coaraze was under Spanish administration from 1744 to 1748. In the nineteenth century the old trail was replaced by a road.

Its inhabitants are called Coaraziens.

Coaraze is one of thirteen villages grouped together by the Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Castagniers, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, La Roquette, Levens, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet and Tourrette-Levens.