Utelle
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Commune of Utelle |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Nice |
| Canton | Lantosque |
| Mayor | Alain Faraut (2002-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 126 m–2 080 m (avg. 800 m) |
| Land area¹ | 67,97 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
488 |
| - Density | 7/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 06151/ 06450 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Utelle, roughly 40 miles northeast of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France, is a commune perched on a hill along the Vesubie Gorge, not far from the Mercantour National Park.
Formerly an agricultural village planted with numerous olive trees, the village is near the Madonne d'Utelle, a chapel that serves as an annual pilgrimage site for local Catholics.
[edit] External links
- Chimes from County of Nice : tirignoun (chime) from Utelle.
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