Castagniers
Castagniers is a village in Castagniers, Arrondissement of Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and has about 1,690 residents. Castagniers is situated nearby to the hamlet Le Masage, as well as near Le Gressier.Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers and Castagniers Abbey.
Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers
Church
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Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers is a church.
Castagniers Abbey
Monastery
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Castagniers Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery, in Castagniers, 12 km from Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes departement in southwestern France. In 1865, Dom Marie-Bernard Barnouin, restorer of Sénanque Abbey, founded a Cistercian community for women in Mane in the diocese of Digne, and in 1869, another in Reillanne, the Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Prés.
Église Saint-Jacques d’Aspremont
Church
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Église Saint-Jacques d’Aspremont is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aspremont and Tourrette-Levens.
Aspremont
Village
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Aspremont is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Tourrette-Levens
Village
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Tourrette-Levens is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Tourrette-Levens is situated 3½ km east of Castagniers.
Colomars
Village
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Colomars is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Inhabitants of Colomars are called Colomarsois. Colomars is situated 3½ km south of Castagniers.
Castagniers
- Type: Village with 1,690 residents
- Postal code: 06670
- Category: locality
- Location: Castagniers, Arrondissement of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.7906° or 43° 47′ 26″ northLongitude
7.23131° or 7° 13′ 53″ eastPopulation
1,690Elevation
348 metres (1,142 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR 9TIOpen location code
8FM9Q6RJ+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1706069193OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3028418
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Occitan—“Castagniers” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Castagnera”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Castanhiers”
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Localities in the Area
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