Carros

Juea de carros

Carros
The chapel of Notre Dame des Selves, in Carros
Coat of arms
Carros
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Carros
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Carros
Intercommunality	Coteaux d'Azur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Antoine Damiani
Area1	15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	11,515
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	06033 / 06510
Elevation	63–945 m (207–3,100 ft) (avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carros is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

The inhabitants are called Carrossois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	404	—
1800	576	+42.6%
1806	607	+5.4%
1821	748	+23.2%
1831	778	+4.0%
1836	811	+4.2%
1841	819	+1.0%
1846	776	−5.3%
1851	854	+10.1%
1856	818	−4.2%
1861	634	−22.5%
1866	656	+3.5%
1872	606	−7.6%
1876	534	−11.9%
1881	525	−1.7%
1886	512	−2.5%
1891	536	+4.7%
1896	560	+4.5%
1901	443	−20.9%
1906	453	+2.3%
1911	453	+0.0%
1921	390	−13.9%
1926	384	−1.5%
1931	403	+4.9%
1936	509	+26.3%
1946	563	+10.6%
1954	662	+17.6%
1962	761	+15.0%
1968	963	+26.5%
1975	4,197	+335.8%
1982	8,457	+101.5%
1990	10,747	+27.1%
1999	10,710	−0.3%
2008	11,515	+7.5%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

• INSEE