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Tende (; Italian, Occitan and Royasc: Tenda) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
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Tende is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France, situated within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Tende and is part of the arrondissement of Nice. The town is a border city that shares boundaries with Belvédère, Fontan, Saorge, and La Brigue. Its official name is also recorded as Tenda, and it is twinned with Narzole.
The commune covers an area of 177.47 square kilometers and has an elevation of 2920 meters above sea level. According to available data, the population is 2234, comprising 1070 males and 1108 females. Another source lists the population as 1953. The postal code for Tende is 06430, and its patron saint is Eligius.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tende
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,953
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Tende
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Tende Landscape.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Tende (06).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Nice
- French commune.canton
- Contes
- French commune.INSEE
- 06163
- French commune.postal code
- 06430
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Pierre Vassallo
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Riviera Française
- French commune.elevation m
- 815
- French commune.elevation min m
- 552
- French commune.elevation max m
- 2920
- French commune.area km2
- 177.47
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Tende (; Italian, Occitan and Royasc: Tenda) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
==Geography== thumb|upright|right|In the town Tende is located within Mercantour National Park in the French Alps. The mountainous commune is bordered by Italy to the north, with the boundary determined by the watershed line between the two countries. This line of mountain tops contains more than 20 summits exceeding .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tende” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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