The village is located Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée 1140 m above sea level, just 90 km from Nice and 7 km from the resort of Auron. With approximately 1350 inhabitants, capital of canton has preserved authenticity, charm and architecture unique to specific villages in the valley.
Probably inhabited since prehistoric times, Insula Daeliae named by the Romans, then Santi Stephani Tinaesis by early Christians, Saint-Étienne de-Tinée had a very long history. It belongs to the Savoy before annexation to France in 1860. Life was so harsh. We lived then folded on itself, because of the very difficult routes with the neighboring valleys and coastline. From 1900, the widening of roads and the advent of the automobile enabled the city to grow, but a disastrous fire destroyed the 1929. Half the town was destroyed and its revival due Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée not only launched a subscription to all municipalities of France and the dynamism of its mayor Rovery Maurice, who was behind the resort of Auron.
The villagers kept carefully and perpetuate new generations with the secret of many local recipes. A mixture of original and delicious mountain specialties with influences of Provencal cuisine, such as: gnocchi, ravioli, green pasta with wild spinach, polenta black, nettle soup, fried squash blossoms, coffee barley ... without forgetting the many handicrafts made by true alchemists of taste that make us discover new flavors through: jams, honeys "nature" or flavored gingerbread, but the cheese ...
