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Saorge
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Saorge (; ; ; standard ; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association. Highway E74 which runs north from Menton, passes through Saorge on its way to the Col de Tende () where it crosses into Italy.
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Saorge is a commune in France, situated in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It lies within the arrondissement of Nice and the canton of Breil-sur-Roya, though it is also associated with the canton of Contes. The municipality borders Belvédère, La Bollène-Vésubie, Breil-sur-Roya, and Fontan. Its official website is www.saorge.fr, and it is twinned with Carpasio.
The commune has an area of 86.78 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 508 residents (241 male and 218 female) and another citing 411. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 2680 meters in one dataset and 525 meters in another. The postal code is 06540, and the local demonyms are saorgini and saorgesi.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saorge
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 411
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Saorge
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Saorge vue generale.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of the village
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Saorge (Alpes-Maritimes).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Nice
- French commune.canton
- Contes
- French commune.INSEE
- 06132
- French commune.postal code
- 06540
- French commune.mayor
- Brigitte Bresc
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Riviera Française
- French commune.elevation m
- 500
- French commune.elevation min m
- 319
- French commune.elevation max m
- 2680
- French commune.area km2
- 86.78
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Saorge – AU COEUR DE LA VALLÉE DE LA ROYA
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Encyclopedic overview
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- From the French Revolution to the First Empire
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- See also
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Saorge (; ; ; standard ; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association. Highway E74 which runs north from Menton, passes through Saorge on its way to the Col de Tende () where it crosses into Italy.
The region belonged to the old County of Nice. Beginning in 1388 Saorge was part of Sardinia-Piedmont. In June 1793, Sardinia defeated the armies of the First French Republic in the First Battle of Saorgio. In the Second Battle of Saorgio in April 1794 the French wrested the town from the Piedmontese. The town was returned to Sardinia-Piedmont after the overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte and finally ceded to France in 1860.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saorge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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