Cagnes-sur-Mer
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Arrondissement de Grasse |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur |
Mayor | Louis Nègre (2008-2015) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 0 m–187 m |
Land area¹ | 17,95 km² |
Population² (2005) |
48 800 |
- Density | 2 718/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 06027/ 06800 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cagnes-sur-Mer is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a part of the metropolitan area of Nice Côte d'Azur and the largest suburb of the city of Nice, and lies to the west-southwest of it, about 15 km from the center.
It was the retreat and final address of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who moved there in an attempt to improve his arthritis. In the late 1920s, Cagnes-sur-mer became a residence for many American renowned literary and art figures, such as Kay Boyle, George Antheil and Harry and Caresse Crosby. [1][2]
Places of interest include Renoir's estate, Les Collettes, surrounded by olive trees ; the Middle-Ages Castle at le Haut-de-Cagnes and the Cros quarter, founded by Italian fishermen in the nineteenth century.
It is also known for its horse racing venue, the Hippodrome de la Côte d'Azur, and a four-kilometer pebble beach.
Landscape near Cagnes, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
[edit] References
- ^ Antheil, George (1952); Bad Boy of Music
- ^ A(braham) Lincoln Gillespie, Jr. Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography