Courmes (; ) is a commune in the

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department in the

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in Southeastern

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. It is part of Préalpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park. In 2020, Courmes had a population of 108. The

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, which marks the western border with Gourdon, offers scenic hikes in the area, renowned for its river gorges (Gorges du Loup), including around the Cascades du Saut du Loup between Courmes and Gourdon, as well as the Cascade de Courmes below.

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Albert Dauzat Albert Dauzat (; 4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An ''alethony ...

describes ''Corma'' (1176) as old Provençal : A place planted with

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, or an oronym pre-Latin.

Marie-Thérèse Morlet Marie-Thérèse Morlet ( Guise, Aisne, November 18, 1913 - July 9, 2005) was a French scholar (specialist in onomastics) and honorary director of research at CNRS. Her publications include ''Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille'' (''Etym ...

does not take up in her recent research (1997), the possibility left by Dauzat of a pre-Latin oronym.

Frédéric Mistral Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; , 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh origina ...

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'' (1878-1886) writes that ''Courmo, Courmes'' is a place name in the Alpes-Maritimes and that '' Courmes and Decormis fr">:fr:Louis de Cormis">fr'' are Provençal family names.Frédéric Mistral, ''Lou Trésor dou Félibrige or Provençal-French Dictionary: embracing the various dialects of the modern langue d'oc'', Ed. Marcel Petit, 1979, page 643
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Communes of Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{AlpesMaritimes-geo-stub

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