Caille, Alpes-Maritimes

Caille (French pronunciation: [kaj] ⓘ; Occitan: Calha; Italian: Caglia) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Caille is constructed on an East-West axis along a single main street, which leads to the village of Andon, six kilometres away.

Caille was a fundamentally agrarian town and although the population of farmers has halved in the last 30 years,[3] cereal crops, sheep and cattle are still farmed there today by two families.

Recently, there has been a drive towards tourism and the village features gîtes,[4] mountain biking courses,[5] an adventure playground, a ski slope and a gallery exhibiting local artists.

[6] Caille takes its name from the Indo-European root word Cal, meaning a place overlooking a rock.

Caille plain