Lucéram

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Lucéram
Commune
A view of Lucéram in winter
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°53′00″N 7°21′41″E / 43.8833°N 7.3614°E / 43.8833; 7.3614Coordinates: 43°53′00″N 7°21′41″E / 43.8833°N 7.3614°E / 43.8833; 7.3614
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Contes
Intercommunality	Pays des Paillons
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Calmet
Area 1	65.52 km2 (25.30 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,288
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lucéramois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06077 /06440
Elevation	400–1,567 m (1,312–5,141 ft) (avg. 660 m or 2,170 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lucéram (French pronunciation: ​[lyseʁam]; Italian: Lucerame, Occitan: Luceram) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Lucéram is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Its inhabitants are called the Lucéramois.

Luceram village is home of , the first station of winter sports department created in 1909. The village has many ecclesiastical and medieval monuments and altarpieces of Ludovico Brea.

Population[]

Geography[]

The town is built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Foil. In the lower valley, there is an intersection of the salt road that leads from the port of Nice in Savoy, through the . The village lies at 650 meters altitude, and 27 kilometers from Nice by .

Toponymy[]

The origin of the name "Lucéram" is uncertain.

Lucéram is originally the name Lucerius or Lucerus. Lucerius was a Benedictine monk. The name is a derivative of a Luceranus that appears in text in 1057, and may have given the village its name. The Latin phrase Lux eram ("I was light") could also be the origin of the name. Durante gives another expression, Lucus eram ("I was a sacred grove"), which appears to refer to the ancient worship of the forest that surrounds the village. This etymology is questionable when it is compared with its Latin name Pagus Liccirum. Louis Durante also indicates that the village was built on a fully wooded eminence. In ancient texts there are also the names Lucis-ramus and Luciramus. Luceram was the capital of the tribe of Lepontii quoted on listing Trophée des Alpes.

Sights[]

Sights include the church St. Margaret (late 15th century), housing an altarpiece by Ludovico Brea and a 13th-century Pietà.

Culture[]

Each year, the mayor and villagers decorate the village in the theme of Christmas. The village is covered with pine branches and red and gold ribbons. There are nativity scenes set up on window sills, in cellars or any available nook and cranny.

See also[]

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References[]

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