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Aiglun
Aiglun
Commune
	A general view of the village
	Coat of arms
	Location of Aiglun
	Aiglun Aiglun
	Coordinates: 43°51′30″N 6°54′54″E / 43.8583°N 6.915°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Vence
Intercommunality	Alpes d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anthony Salomone
Area 1	15.37 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population (2022)	99
• Density	6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06001 /06910
Elevation	373–1,541 m (1,224–5,056 ft) ; (avg. 624 m or 2,047 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aiglun (French pronunciation: [ɛɡlœ̃]) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.

Geography

Aiglun is a remote mountain commune some 40 km north-east of Nice in a straight line. There are only two access routes to the commune - the first by Highway D17 from Roquesteron to the east. Heading west on Highway D17 continue left onto Highway D10 which continues via a mountainous route into the commune and the village of Aiglun. The other access is the continuation of Highway D10 west from Aiglun over a circuitous mountain route to Le Mas. The Estéron river passes through the commune south of the village and forms part of the western border of the commune as well as a small portion of the eastern border. Numerous streams feed into this river in the commune.

The northern part of the commune consists of high snow-capped mountains while the southern part is less high mountains. There are few roads however there are four hamlets in the Esteron Valley: Vascogne, Les Lones, Le Colombier, and L'Escle.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

In 1388 the village of Aiglun was under the protection of the House of Savoy like the rest of the region during the "Dédition of Nice to Savoy"^[4] from 1388.

At the Treaty of Turin on 24 March 1760, the commune became French (the kingdom of France and that of Sardinia then proceeded to boundary adjustments and therefore there was an exchange of territories).

Toponymy

The name of the town appears for the first time in texts around 1200 in the form Ayglezuni. This was derived from the Latin word Aquila, meaning "eagle", and the Gallic dunum, meaning "height" and signifies as a whole the "height of the eagle".^[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Aiglun	Blazon: Azure, a spread eagle of Argent over a salmon the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aiglun^[6]

Mayors from 1870 to 1942

From	To	Name
1870	1874	Jean-Baptiste GRANIER
1874	1876	Antoine BERNARD
1876	1878	Louis BERNARD
1878	1881	Auguste BONNEFROI
1881	1884	Désiré MARTEL
1884	1888	Joseph DAUMAS
1888	1896	Désiré MARTEL
1896	1900	Jean-Pierre JAUME
1900	1901	Pierre GUIZOL
1901	1912	Joseph ROBIN
1912	1920	Jean-Pierre JAUME
1920	1942	Antoine ROUX

Mayors from 1942

From	To	Name	Party
1942	1945	François Blanc
1945	1978	Pierre Martin
1978	2001	Marius Blanc
2001	2005	Irene Montiglio	SE
2005	2014	Charles Bremond	DVD
2014	2020	Didier Nicolas
2020	Current	Anthony Salomone

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aiglenois or Aiglenoises in French.^[7]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	240	—
1800	203	−2.36%
1806	261	+4.28%
1821	250	−0.29%
1831	266	+0.62%
1836	248	−1.39%
1841	351	+7.19%
1846	366	+0.84%
1851	380	+0.75%
1856	344	−1.97%
1861	286	−3.63%
1866	286	+0.00%
1872	272	−0.83%
1876	268	−0.37%
1881	218	−4.05%
1886	187	−3.02%
1891	241	+5.20%
1896	175	−6.20%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	150	−3.04%
1906	152	+0.27%
1911	142	−1.35%
1921	100	−3.45%
1926	115	+2.83%
1931	110	−0.89%
1936	123	+2.26%
1946	95	−2.55%
1954	90	−0.67%
1962	58	−5.34%
1968	50	−2.44%
1975	70	+4.92%
1982	94	+4.30%
1990	91	−0.40%
1999	106	+1.71%
2007	92	−1.76%
2012	91	−0.22%
2017	91	+0.00%

Source: EHESS^[8] and INSEE^[9]

Sites and Monuments

The village is known for its steep climbing walls over 200 metres high with high difficulty routes. The Aiglun canyon is also popular for canyoning enthusiasts.

Aiglun Picture Gallery

The Village
First tunnel on the road to the village
The bridge entering Aiglun
The cliff road into Aiglun
An Oratory in the cliff face
The entry to Aiglun
Main entrance to Aiglun
Aiglun Water Trough
Aiglun Church

Notable people

Fanny Robiane. Daughter of Joseph Robin, who was mayor of Aiglun in the early 20th century, this French theatre actress died in 1982 at Aiglun, where she retired and she has left a rich archive (autographed books, including by Armand Godoy, Jean-Richard Bloch and others; pictures; clippings, etc.). Her memory is still alive with the people of Aiglun (the Aiglenois) who knew her and plans are underway to honour her. A cultural association sponsored among others by the commune and the General Council launched since 2004 called "Fanny Robiane Encounter" devoted to theatre, poetry, music and other one-time cultural events are scheduled throughout the year. Sometimes these events are carried out in collaboration with the University of Nice.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Google Maps
^ This was a charter of 28 September 1388 which attached Nice to the new territories of Provence for the House of Savoy. See Dédition de Nice à la Savoie in the French Wikipedia
^ Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France: etymology of 35,000 place names, Genève: Librairie Droz, 1990. Collection of Roman and French Publications, volume 193. Volume I : Preceltic, Celtic, and Roman words, § 2725, p. 173,
^ List of Mayors of France
^ Le nom des habitants du 06 - Alpes-Maritimes, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aiglun, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE