Lucéram
Lucéram is a rural commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
The commune of Lucéram is home to the village of Peïra-Cava, north of the village of Lucéram, the first winter sports station in the department, established in 1909. The village of Lucéram has a number of ecclesiastical and medieval monuments, as well as altarpieces by Ludovico Brea.
Demographics
Its inhabitants are known as Lucéramois and Lucéramoises in French.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 valley of Vésubie. The village lies at 650 meters altitude, and 27 kilometers from Nice by D 2566.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 could also be the origin of the name.
Durante gives another expression, Lucus eram, 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.