Carros (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔs]; Occitan: Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.

The inhabitants are called Carrossois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 404 —     1800 567 +4.96% 1806 616 +1.39% 1821 748 +1.30% 1838 811 +0.48% 1848 776 −0.44% 1858 818 +0.53% 1861 634 −8.14% 1866 656 +0.68% 1872 606 −1.31% 1876 534 −3.11% 1881 525 −0.34% 1886 512 −0.50% 1891 536 +0.92% 1896 560 +0.88% 1901 443 −4.58% 1906 453 +0.45%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 453 +0.00% 1921 390 −1.49% 1926 384 −0.31% 1931 403 +0.97% 1936 509 +4.78% 1946 563 +1.01% 1954 662 +2.05% 1962 761 +1.76% 1968 963 +4.00% 1975 4,197 +23.40% 1982 8,457 +10.53% 1990 10,747 +3.04% 1999 10,710 −0.04% 2007 11,597 +1.00% 2012 11,497 −0.17% 2017 12,329 +1.41%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department