Cannes
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Commune of Cannes |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Grasse |
Canton | Chief city of two cantons |
Mayor | Bernard Brochand (2001–2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 0 m–260 m |
Land area¹ | 19.62 km² |
Population² (2007) |
70,400 |
- Density | 3,430/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 06029/ 06400 |
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Cannes (IPA: [kan]) is a city and commune of the French department of Alpes-Maritimes.
It is most famous for the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place every summer. Many famous people come to the film festival from around the world to promote their films and to see other peoples' movies too.