Utelle (; ; ) is a
commune about northeast of
Nice
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department in southeastern
France
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.
Geography
It is perched on a hill along the
Vesubie Gorge not far from the
Mercantour National Park.
Sights
Formerly an agricultural village planted with numerous olive trees, the village is near the Madonne d'Utelle, a chapel that serves as an annual pilgrimage site for local
Catholics. In their 1997 book "The Templar Revelation," Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince mention (on pg. 82) "the old Templar town of Utelle, whose medieval houses still bear the esoteric
sigils of the alchemists..." It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
The Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur () is the ''métropole'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, city of Nice. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department, i ...
tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (Route of Perched Villages). The others are:
Aspremont,
Carros,
Castagniers,
Coaraze,
Colomars,
Duranus,
Èze,
Falicon
Falicon (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
Tourism
Falicon is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages ...
,
La Gaude,
Lantosque
Lantosque (; Italian language, Italian formerly and Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lantosca'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, regi ...
,
Levens,
La Roquette-sur-Var
La Roquette-sur-Var (, literally ''La Roquette on Var (river), Var''; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the M ...
,
Saint-Blaise,
Saint-Jeannet and
Tourrette-Levens
Tourrette-Levens (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Climate
Population
Tourism
Tourrette-Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist departmen ...
.
Population
See also
Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department of France
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References
External links
* & (
OccitanChimes from County of Nice: ''tirignoun'' (chime) from Utelle.
Communes of Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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