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Aspremont, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Aspremont is a village in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located some 10 km north of Nice and 5 km east of Carros.
Aspremont 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: Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.
Main sites include:
Fort of Mont Chauve of Aspremont (19th century)
Ruins of the medieval village on Mont Cima
The house where François-Xavier Maistre was born
Church of Saint-Jacques le Mejeur
Chapel of Saint-Claude
Chapel of Notre-Dame des Salettes
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