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Villeneuve-Loubet Vilanuòva e Lo Lobet (Occitan) | |
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 The village overlooked by the Château de Villeneuve-Loubet | |
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Location of Villeneuve-Loubet  | |
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| Coordinates:43°39′32″N7°07′20″E / 43.6589°N 7.1222°E /43.6589; 7.1222 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Villeneuve-Loubet |
| Intercommunality | CA Sophia Antipolis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Lionnel Luca[1] |
Area 1 | 19.60 km2 (7.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 16,729 |
| • Density | 853.5/km2 (2,211/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Villeneuvois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06161 /06270 |
| Elevation | 0–213 m (0–699 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villeneuve-Loubet (French pronunciation:[vilnœvlubɛ];Occitan:Vilanuòva e Lo Lobet;Italian:Villanova Lobetto) is acommune in theAlpes-Maritimesdepartment in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregion in SoutheasternFrance. It lies betweenCagnes-sur-Mer andAntibes, at the mouth of the riverLoup, ten kilometres west of centralNice.
It was created by the joining two old villages: the old village of Villeneuve inland and the village of Loubet on the shore of theMediterranean Sea. Its inhabitants are calledVilleneuvois.
Villeneuve-Loubet is at the same time a seaside resort and part of the technology cluster ortechnopole of nearbySophia Antipolis. Many companies of the tertiary sector being installed in the city.
Villeneuve-Loubet is the birthplace of the famous 19th century provençal chef,restaurateur, and culinary writerAuguste Escoffier, the author of theGuide Culinaire and the founder of Frenchhaute cuisine. Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of MaréchalPhilippe Pétain (1856–1951), the "Hero ofVerdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known asVichy France, in World War II.
The writer and historianJules Bertaut (1877–1959) died in Villeneuve-Loubet.The sculptorRichard Aurili worked in Villeneuve-Loubet.
MarshallPhilippe Pétain purchased a house called L'Ermitage in Villeneuve-Loubet circa 1920.[3]
Villeneuve-Loubet was also the site of a battle in World War II when it was liberated by theFirst Special Service Force on 24 August 1944. The tower of the castle was damaged by a shell fired by the US Navy, and dozens of soldiers from both sides were killed or wounded. In 2006, the bodies of fourteen Germans who were killed during the fighting were discovered in a mass grave near the town by a local medical student.[4]
Saint Marc Church (15th century): The stained glass was created by the artist painter Pier Lecolas in 2006.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,865 | — |
| 1975 | 6,001 | +6.49% |
| 1982 | 8,083 | +4.35% |
| 1990 | 11,539 | +4.55% |
| 1999 | 12,935 | +1.28% |
| 2007 | 13,972 | +0.97% |
| 2012 | 14,814 | +1.18% |
| 2017 | 15,241 | +0.57% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
The commune is twinned with:
On 14 September 1920, he got married, at the age of sixty-four. He and his future wife had already been house-hunting, and had found a country house in the South of France, 'L'Ermitage' at Villeneuve-Loubet in the department of Alpes-Maritimes.
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