Villeneuve-Loubet

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Administration
Commune of Villeneuve-Loubet
Location
Longitude	07° 07' 20" E
Latitude	43° 39' 32" N
Country	France
Région	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Département	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Cagnes-sur-Mer Ouest
Intercommunality	Communauté d'Agglomération de Sophia Antipolis
Mayor	Richard Camou (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–213 m
Land area¹	19.60 km²
Population² (1999)	12,935
- Density (1999)	660/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	06161/ 06270
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).

Villeneuve-Loubet is a town and commune in southeastern France, in the Alpes-Maritimes département, between Cagnes-sur-Mer and Antibes, at the mouth of the Loup River. It was created by the joining two old villages: the old village of Villeneuve inland and the village of Loubet on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Its inhabitants are called Villeneuvois.

1 Economy
2 Culture
3 Twinned cities
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Economy

It is at the same time a seaside resort and part of the technopole of Sophia Antipolis, many companies of the tertiary sector being installed in the city.

[edit] Culture

Villeneuve-Loubet is the birthplace of the famous 19th century provençal cook, Auguste Escoffier, the author of the Guide Culinaire. Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of Maréchal Philippe Pétain, the "Hero of Verdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known as Vichy, in World War II. Pétain was sentenced to death for treason in 1945; this was commuted to life in prison by Charles de Gaulle and he died a prisoner at Fort de la Pierre-Levée on the Ile d'Yeu in 1951 at the age of 95.