Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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  Saint-Paul Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Saint-Paul | |
| Coordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°ECoordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Depairtment | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Cagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Sophia Antipolis |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | René Buron |
| Area 1 | 7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,477 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06128 /06570 |
| Elevation | 39–355 m (128–1,165 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Saint-Paul-de-Vence (in Occitan: Sant Pau) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment in sootheastren Fraunce. Ane o the auldest medieval touns on the French Riviera, it is weel kent for its modren an contemporar airt museums an galleries such as Fondation Maeght which is locatit nearbi.[1]
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 1,416 | — |
| 1968 | 1,570 | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 1,917 | +22.1% |
| 1982 | 2,542 | +32.6% |
| 1990 | 2,903 | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 2,847 | −1.9% |
| 2008 | 3,477 | +22.1% |
Personalities
[eedit | eedit soorce]Saint-Paul de Vence haes lang been a haven o the famous. Durin the 1960s, it was frequentit bi French actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret an Lino Ventura, an poet Jacques Prévert.
Saint-Paul is weel kent for the airtists who have livit thare an aw, such as Marc Chagall an mair recently the couple Bernard-Henri Lévy an Arielle Dombasle.[2] Umwhile Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman haes a hame thare.
- American writer James Baldwin dee'd thare in 1987.[3]
- Inglis actor Donald Pleasence dee'd thare in 1995.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Lonely Planet; Emilie Filou; Alexis Averbuck (1 December 2012). Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur. Lonely Planet. pp. 560–. ISBN 978-1-74321-376-6. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ↑ Buck, Joan Juliet (Januar 2003). "France's Prophet Provocateur". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 6 Mey 2011.
- ↑ James Baldwin Now, ed. McBride, 325
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The Official website of Saint Paul de Vence
- Virtual visit of Saint-Paul de Vence Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
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