Cagnes-sur-Mer
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Commune of Cagnes-sur-Mer Landscape near Cagnes, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1902 |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 07° 08' 56" |
| Latitude | 43° 39' 52" |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur (CANCA) |
| Mayor | M. Louis Nègre (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–187 m |
| Land area¹ | 17.95 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
43,942 |
| - Density (1999) | 2,448/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06027/ 06800 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town and commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southeastern France. It is a part of the metropolitan Community of Agglomeration Nice Côte d'Azur and the largest suburb of the city of Nice, and lies to the west-southwest of it.
Famously it as the retreat and final address of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who moved there in an attempt to improve his arthritis.
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