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OverviewAI-generated
Castillon is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Sospel in the Alpes-Maritimes department and the arrondissement of Nice. It is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and shares borders with Castellar, Menton, Peille, and Sainte-Agnès. The official name of the municipality is Castillon, and it is associated with the canton of Menton for electoral purposes.
The area of the commune is 7.51 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 425 residents (180 male and 187 female) and another citing 292. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 1289 meters in one dataset and 571 meters in another. The postal code for the area is 06500.
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Place details
- Locality
- Castillon
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 292
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Arrondissement
- Nice
- Canton
- Menton
- Intercommunality
- CA Riviera Française
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Olivier Chantreau
- Area
- 7.51 km (2.90 sq mi)
- Density
- 56.6/km (147/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 06036 /06500
- Elevation
- 275–1,289 m (902–4,229 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Castillon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nice
- Population
- 425
- Area
- 7.51
- Elevation
- 773
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Sospel
- Official website
- www.castillon06.com
- Image
- Castillon (Alpes-Maritimes)France-2013-gb.jpg
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- Commons category
- Castillon (Alpes-Maritimes)
- postal code
- 06500
- different from
- Castillon
- associated electoral district
- canton of Menton
- male population
- 180
- female population
- 187
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-93-04-32-00
- fax number
- +33-4-93-04-32-09
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
It is compact and pretty and the views are spectacular.
Get in
A8 Exit Menton. Follow signs for Sospel and Monti (D 2566). From Breil sur Roya go to Sospel and then take the D 2566 to Menton. From Menton it is possible to drive via Castellar instead of taking the D2566 past the A8 interchange.
See
thumbnail The views, especially the viaducts of the old tramway on the way The tidy village
Do
Hike on the various trails around the village especially the trail towards the Col de Castillon.
Buy
Art from the numerous galleries.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Castillon ( French: [kastijɔ̃] ; Occitan: Castilhon; Italian: Castiglione) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castillon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.