Opio, Alpes-Maritimes
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Opio | |
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Coordinates: 43°40′00″N 6°59′00″E / 43.6667°N 6.9833°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Grasse |
Canton | Valbonne |
Intercommunality | CA Sophia Antipolis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Occelli[1] (LR) |
Area 1 | 9.47 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,393 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06089 /06650 |
Elevation | 154–361 m (505–1,184 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Opio (French pronunciation: [ɔpjo]; Occitan: Opiá) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France situated near Grasse.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 790 | — |
1975 | 1,021 | +3.73% |
1982 | 1,336 | +3.92% |
1990 | 1,792 | +3.74% |
1999 | 1,922 | +0.78% |
2007 | 2,133 | +1.31% |
2012 | 2,184 | +0.47% |
2017 | 2,214 | +0.27% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Personalities
[edit]Coluche died in Opio at the age of 41, when his motorcycle crashed into a lorry.
Serbian triple agent Duško Popov died in Opio on 10 August 1981, aged 69.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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