Beuil
Encyclopedia
Beuil is a commune
in the Alpes-Maritimes
department in southeastern France
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, 78 km (48.5 mi) away from Nice
. It is the gateway to the Mercantour National Park
. A stop-off in the Red-rocked Gorges of the Cians
and Daluis
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The commune is traversed by the Raton River
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
department in southeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Beuil is a picturesque village located in the Maritime AlpsMaritime Alps
The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French département Alpes-Maritimes and the Italian province of Cuneo. The Col de Tende separates them from the Ligurian Alps; the Maddalena Pass separates them from the Cottian Alps...
, 78 km (48.5 mi) away from Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
. It is the gateway to the Mercantour National Park
Mercantour National Park
Mercantour National Park is one of the nine national parks of France. Since it was created in 1979, the Mercantour Park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors every year enjoying the 600 km of marked footpaths and visiting its villages.-Extent:...
. A stop-off in the Red-rocked Gorges of the Cians
Cians
The Cians is a mountain river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. Its source is in the mountains north of Beuil, and it flows into the Var in Touët-sur-Var.The Cians flows though the following communes:...
and Daluis
Daluis
Daluis is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
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The commune is traversed by the Raton River
Raton River
The Raton is a short mountain river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It flows into the Cians north of Rigaud.It flows from west to east along the following communes:* north side: Guillaumes, Beuil...
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