Levens (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a region in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Levensans (or Levensois).
Name There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:Trouillot (Paule et Jean), Guide historique des 163 communes des Alpes-Maritimes et de Monaco, imprimerie la Toscane, Nice, 2006, page 140, (). From the name of the Leponti tribe, which was changed to Leventi during the Roman period; From the name of a notable Roman figure, Laevinus; From the Ligurian word stem lev, indicating a sloping landscape;
Geography The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the Var (Plan-du-Var hamlet) to the Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.
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Climate On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below , no days per year with a minimum temperature below , 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below , and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above . The record high temperature was on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was on 6 February 2012.
Population
Mayors List of mayors since 1860 Period Identity Party Quality 1994 Antoine Véran 1991–1994 Léon-Pierre Raybaud 1929–1991 Joseph Raybaud Senator of the Alpes-Maritimes 1903–1929 Jean Giletta 1896–1903 Léon Sauvan 1882–1896 Joseph Faraut 1878–1882 Louis Ciais 1871–1878 Victor Masséglia 1870–1871 Joseph Faraut 1865–1870 Louis Barriéra 1860–1865 Honoré Baudouin Before the 1860 incorporation of County of Nice into France, Levens and the County of Nice were part of the Piedmont-Sardinia kingdom.
Tourism Levens 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, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.
See also Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
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Levens' anthem. Some chimes and knells from the County of Nice: tirignoun (chime) and clar (knell) from Levens.