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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Courmes Corma (Occitan) Commune A general view of the village Coat of arms Location of Courmes Courmes Show map of France Courmes Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Coordinates: 43°44′37″N 7°00′35″E / 43.7436°N 7.0097°E / 43.7436; 7.0097 Country France Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Department Alpes-Maritimes Arrondissement Grasse Canton Valbonne Intercommunality CA Sophia Antipolis Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Richard Thiery[1] Area 1 15.71 km2 (6.07 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 109 • Density 6.94/km2 (18.0/sq mi) Demonym Courmois Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 06049 /06620 Elevation 260–1,263 m (853–4,144 ft) (avg. 630 m or 2,070 ft) Website www.courmes.fr 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Courmes** (French pronunciation: [\[kuʁm\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language): *Cormes*) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Alpes-Maritimes](/source/Alpes-Maritimes) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in the [Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d'Azur) [region](/source/Regions_of_France) in Southeastern [France](/source/France). It is part of Préalpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park.[3]

The [Loup River](/source/Loup_(river)), which marks the western border with [Gourdon](/source/Gourdon%2C_Alpes-Maritimes), offers scenic hikes in the area, renowned for its river gorges (Gorges du Loup),[4] including around the Cascades du Saut du Loup between Courmes and Gourdon, as well as the Cascade de Courmes below.

## Demographics

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 26 — 1975 42 +7.09% 1982 60 +5.23% 1990 64 +0.81% 1999 88 +3.60% 2007 95 +0.96% 2012 106 +2.22% 2017 120 +2.51% 2023 109 −1.59% Source: INSEE[5]

## Toponymy

First appearance of the name:
a character, P. de Corma, signatory of a charter (September 29, 1176.)

[Albert Dauzat](/source/Albert_Dauzat) describes *Corma* (1176) as old Provençal : A place planted with [Cornus mas](/source/Cornus_mas), or an [oronym](/source/Oronymy) pre-Latin.[6]

[Marie-Thérèse Morlet](/source/Marie-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Morlet) does not take up in her recent research (1997), the possibility left by Dauzat of a pre-Latin [oronym](/source/Oronymy).[7]

[Frédéric Mistral](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mistral) in *[Lou Tresor dóu Felibrige](/source/Lou_Tresor_d%C3%B3u_Felibrige)* (1878-1886) writes that *Courmo, Courmes* is a place name in the Alpes-Maritimes and that *[Courmes](/source/Courmes_family) and [Decormis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decormis&action=edit&redlink=1) [**[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Cormis)**]* are Provençal family names.[8]

## See also

- [Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department](/source/Communes_of_the_Alpes-Maritimes_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-06049) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** (in French) [Les communes du Parc](https://www.parc-prealpesdazur.fr/le-parc/le-perimetre/les-communes-du-parc/), www.parc-prealpesdazur.fr.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** (in French) ["À la découverte du Saut du Loup, les sublimes cascades du pays niçois"](https://actu.fr/loisirs-culture/evasion/en-images-a-la-decouverte-du-saut-du-loup-les-sublimes-cascades-du-pays-nicois_43279902.html), actu.fr, 23 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_5-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-06049#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Albert Dauzat](/source/Albert_Dauzat) Etymological dictionary of place names in France, Librairie Guénégaud, 1963, p. 229

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** : Oronym much more Nissart than Grassois [Georges Castellana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Castellana&action=edit&redlink=1), Nice-French Dictionary. Edition Serre 1952, page 67: “Short summit, apogee; the height, done". At no time does he make a link with the village of Courmes or with the original name : Corma, Corme

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Frédéric Mistral, *Lou Trésor dou Félibrige or Provençal-French Dictionary: embracing the various dialects of the modern langue d'oc*, Ed. Marcel Petit, 1979, page 643 ( [read online](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k74854/f650.image)).

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