Levens is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Its inhabitants are called Levensans (or Levensois).

Origin and evolution of the name

There are three possible explanations of the origin of the name:

Geography

The village, built on high rocky ground, is located at an altitude of 600 metres. It lies in the centre of the district, which stretches from the plain of the Var (Plan-du-Var hamlet) to the Férion range. Mount Férion is 1,400 metres high.

Climate

On average, Levens experiences 22.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 C, no days per year with a minimum temperature below -10 C, 0.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 C, and 5.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 C. The record high temperature was 35.1 C on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was -7.8 C on 6 February 2012.

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Tourism

Levens is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.

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