Auvare (;

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: ''Auvara'') is a commune in the

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department in the

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region of south-eastern

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Geography

Auvare is located some 45 km north-east of

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionPuget-Théniers in the heart of the Alps. Access to the commune is by the D16 road from Puget-Theniers which passes through the far south of the commune and continues, changing its designation to D316, to join the D2202 just south of Daluis. Access to the village in the centre of the commune is by a small local road which branches from the D16 in the south of the commune and follows a tortuous and long route to the village. There is also an equally tortuous route going west from the village which eventually meets the D316 west of the commune. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Les Vignes towards the south. The terrain of the commune is alpine and very rugged with no apparent farmland.Google Maps
/ref> Numerous waterways rise in the commune and flow generally south-west including the ''Roudoule'' which forms the north-western border, the ''Vallon du Serre Long'', the ''Vallon de Mous'' which flows east to the commune boundary where it joins an unnamed stream which flows north-east and forms the north-eastern border, the ''Ravin de Peichal'' flows north to join the same stream, and the ''Vallon d'Auvare'' with many tributaries which rises north of the village and flows south through the village continuing south to join the ''Torrent de Mayola''.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

After the Roman conquest (which was completed in 14 BC),

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organized the Alps into

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. The territory of the present commune of Auvare was part of the province of Alpes Maritimae which was attached to the

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of ''Glanate'' ( Glandevès). In late antiquity the Diocese of Glandevès defined the limits of this civitas. The Roudoule Valley was conquered by the

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in October 1792. The region was annexed by the decree of 31 January 1793 and confirmed by the Treaty of Paris (1796). The French Revolution was apparently well received since a

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was planted and remained until the Restoration of the Savoyard State in 1814. The Savoyards hastened to levy taxes bringing a new upheaval to the Auvare community.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors Since 1 January 2014 Auvare has been part of the Community of communes of Alpes d'Azur. It was previously a member of the Community of communes des vallées d'Azur until this disappeared during the implementation of a new departmental plan for inter-communal cooperation.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auvarois'' or ''Auvaroises'' in French.Le nom des habitants du 06 - Alpes-Maritimes
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Economy

The main economic resource is sheep farming.

References

External links

Auvare on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{authority control Communes of Alpes-Maritimes