Saint-Blaise, Alpes-Maritimes

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

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

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Blaise

(2020–2026) Jean-Paul Fabre^[1]Area

8.04 km² (3.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,367 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

06117 /06670

Elevation88–808 m (289–2,651 ft)
(avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Blaise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ blɛz]; Occitan: Sant Blai; Italian: San Biagio) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	190	—
1975	210	+1.44%
1982	339	+7.08%
1990	640	+8.27%
1999	892	+3.76%
2009	948	+0.61%
2014	1,005	+1.17%
2020	1,350	+5.04%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Tourism

Saint-Blaise 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, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.