Peillon

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Peillon Pelhon (Occitan)
Commune
A view across the Paillon Valley
Coat of arms
Location of Peillon
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Coordinates: 43°46′43″N 7°22′58″E / 43.7786°N 7.3828°E / 43.7786; 7.3828
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Nice
Canton	Contes
Intercommunality	CC du Pays des Paillons
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Rancurel^[1]
Area ¹	8.7 km² (3.4 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]	1,408
• Density	160/km² (420/sq mi)
Demonym	Peillonnais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06092 /06440
Elevation	115–720 m (377–2,362 ft) (avg. 372 m or 1,220 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peillon (French pronunciation: [pɛjɔ̃]; Occitan: Pelhon; Italian: Peglione, formerly) is a rural commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.

Village perché

The village of Peillon, perched on a hilltop in the Paillon Valley, is known to have stairs instead of roads; it is dominated by its Église Saint-Sauveur (Saint Sauveur church), which was last restored in 1980. It is also home to the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs (Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs chapel), which features 15th-century fresco paintings by Giovanni Canavesio.^[3]

Transport

The commune is served by Peillon-Sainte-Thècle station in the valley, on the Nice to Breil-sur-Roya SNCF railway.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	937	—
1975	898	−0.61%
1982	1,038	+2.09%
1990	1,139	+1.17%
1999	1,227	+0.83%
2007	1,336	+1.07%
2012	1,439	+1.50%
2017	1,457	+0.25%
2023	1,408	−0.57%
Source: INSEE^[4]

In French, the inhabitants are called Peillonnais (masculine) and Peillonnaises (feminine).

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Peillon.

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ (in French) Patrimoine & monuments, Commune de Peillon.
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE