Auribeau-sur-Siagne
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View of the village from the Chemin de Pierrenchon
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 Auribeau-sur-Siagne
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Auribeau-sur-Siagne
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| Coordinates: 43°36′06″N 6°54′42″E / 43.6017°N 6.9117°ECoordinates: 43°36′06″N 6°54′42″E / 43.6017°N 6.9117°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Grasse | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jacques Varrone | |
| Area1 | 5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015)2 | 3,219 | |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06007 /06810 | |
| Elevation | 12–302 m (39–991 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Auribeau-sur-Siagne (Occitan: Auribèu de Sianha) is a French commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auribélois or Auribéloises.
Auribeau-sur-Siagne is a medieval village dating from the 11th century located some 10 km north-west of Cannes and 6 km south-west of Grasse. Perched on a rocky spur, the village overlooks the Siagne river. Access to the commune is by road D9 from Pégomas in the south-east which passes north through the eastern part of the commune and continues to Grasse in the north. The village, which is in the south of the commune, is accessed by local roads. The commune is served by the Sillages bus network Route 29 (Pégomas - Grasse) that has nine trips per day on weekdays. There are extensive residential urban areas in the commune with the areas of Le Gabre, Les Vayoux, Le Moulin Vieux, Carel, and Le Couloubrier. The rest of the commune is forested with a few small patches of farmland.
The Siagne river forms the south-western border of the commune with several tributaries flowing south through the commune to join it, the largest being the Riou.
Auribeau is one of the many hilltop villages in Alpes-Maritimes built to enable the population to protect themselves against external aggressors. The earliest traces of human occupation are an Oppidum located at the top of mount Peygros, built around 600BC by the Celto-Ligurian people.
The Roman army defeated the Ligurian tribes in 155BC, but it was only after the victory of the emperor Augustus in 14 BC that Rome was able to continue the Via Aurelia as the Via Julia Augusta within Alpes-Maritimes along the Mediterranean coast up to Arles. At Mandelieu a secondary road split off to follow the Siagne up to Auribeau.
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