Carros

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

For the given name, see Caros. For the surname, see Karros.

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

Carros

Commune

The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros

Coat of arms

Location of Carros

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Coordinates: 43°47′36″N 7°11′18″E﻿ / ﻿43.7933°N 7.1883°E﻿ / 43.7933; 7.1883
Country| France
Region| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department| Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement| Grasse
Canton| Nice-3
Intercommunality| Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government

• Mayor (2022-2026) | Yannick Bernard[1]

Area

| 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

| 13,277
• Density| 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

06033 /06510

Elevation| 63–945 m (207–3,100 ft)
(avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carros (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔs]; Occitan: Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros 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: Aspremont, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[3]

## Population

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The inhabitants are called Carrossois.

Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1793 | 404| —
1800 | 567| +4.96%
1806 | 616| +1.39%
1821 | 748| +1.30%
1838 | 811| +0.48%
1848 | 776| −0.44%
1858 | 818| +0.53%
1861 | 634| −8.14%
1866 | 656| +0.68%
1872 | 606| −1.31%
1876 | 534| −3.11%
1881 | 525| −0.34%
1886 | 512| −0.50%
1891 | 536| +0.92%
1896 | 560| +0.88%
1901 | 443| −4.58%
1906 | 453| +0.45%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1911 | 453| +0.00%
1921 | 390| −1.49%
1926 | 384| −0.31%
1931 | 403| +0.97%
1936 | 509| +4.78%
1946 | 563| +1.01%
1954 | 662| +2.05%
1962 | 761| +1.76%
1968 | 963| +4.00%
1975 | 4,197| +23.40%
1982 | 8,457| +10.53%
1990 | 10,747| +3.04%
1999 | 10,710| −0.04%
2007 | 11,597| +1.00%
2012 | 11,497| −0.17%
2017 | 12,329| +1.41%

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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

## See also

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* Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carros, EHESS (in French).
5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

* Aiglun
* Amirat
* Andon
* Antibes
* Ascros
* Aspremont
* Auribeau-sur-Siagne
* Auvare
* Bairols
* Le Bar-sur-Loup
* Beaulieu-sur-Mer
* Beausoleil
* Belvédère
* Bendejun
* Berre-les-Alpes
* Beuil
* Bézaudun-les-Alpes
* Biot
* Blausasc
* La Bollène-Vésubie
* Bonson
* Bouyon
* Breil-sur-Roya
* Briançonnet
* La Brigue
* Le Broc
* Cabris
* Cagnes-sur-Mer
* Caille
* Cannes
* Le Cannet
* Cantaron
* Cap-d'Ail
* Carros
* Castagniers
* Castellar
* Castillon
* Caussols
* Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes
* Châteauneuf-Grasse
* Châteauneuf-Villevieille
* Cipières
* Clans
* Coaraze
* La Colle-sur-Loup
* Collongues
* Colomars
* Conségudes
* Contes
* Courmes
* Coursegoules
* La Croix-sur-Roudoule
* Cuébris
* Daluis
* Drap
* Duranus
* Entraunes
* L'Escarène
* Escragnolles
* Èze
* Falicon
* Les Ferres
* Fontan
* Gars
* Gattières
* La Gaude
* Gilette
* Gorbio
* Gourdon
* Grassesubpr
* Gréolières
* Guillaumes
* Ilonse
* Isola
* Lantosque
* Levens
* Lieuche
* Lucéram
* Malaussène
* Mandelieu-la-Napoule
* Marie
* Le Mas
* Massoins
* Menton
* Mouans-Sartoux
* Mougins
* Moulinet
* Les Mujouls
* Nicepref
* Opio
* Pégomas
* Peille
* Peillon
* La Penne
* Péone
* Peymeinade
* Pierlas
* Pierrefeu
* Puget-Rostang
* Puget-Théniers
* Revest-les-Roches
* Rigaud
* Rimplas
* Roquebillière
* Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
* La Roque-en-Provence
* Roquefort-les-Pins
* Roquestéron
* La Roquette-sur-Siagne
* La Roquette-sur-Var
* Roubion
* Roure
* Le Rouret
* Saint-André-de-la-Roche
* Saint-Antonin
* Saint-Auban
* Saint-Blaise
* Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne
* Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage
* Sainte-Agnès
* Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée
* Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
* Saint-Jeannet
* Saint-Laurent-du-Var
* Saint-Léger
* Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
* Saint-Martin-du-Var
* Saint-Martin-Vésubie
* Saint-Paul-de-Vence
* Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
* Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
* Sallagriffon
* Saorge
* Sauze
* Séranon
* Sigale
* Sospel
* Spéracèdes
* Tende
* Théoule-sur-Mer
* Thiéry
* Le Tignet
* Toudon
* Touët-de-l'Escarène
* Touët-sur-Var
* La Tour
* Tourette-du-Château
* Tournefort
* Tourrette-Levens
* Tourrettes-sur-Loup
* La Trinité
* La Turbie
* Utelle
* Valbonne
* Valdeblore
* Valderoure
* Vallauris
* Venanson
* Vence
* Villars-sur-Var
* Villefranche-sur-Mer
* Villeneuve-d'Entraunes
* Villeneuve-Loubet

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* subpr: subprefecture

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