Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Grasse |
Canton | Cagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest |
Intercommunality | Sophia Antipolis |
Mayor | René Buron (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 39 m–355 m (avg. 180 m) |
Land area¹ | 7,26 km² |
Population² (2005) |
3 336 |
- Density | 459/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 06128/ 06570 |
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. | |
Saint-Paul or Saint-Paul de Vence is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France. The well-known modern and contemporary art museum Fondation Maeght is located near Saint-Paul.
[edit] Famous residents
Saint-Paul de Vence has always been a haven of the famous. During the 1960s it was the playground of french actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Lino Ventura and of poet Jacques Prevert.
Saint-Paul is also well known for the artists that have lived there such as Marc Chagall, and more recently Théodore Tobiasse and Giuliano Mancini.
- American writer James Baldwin died in Saint-Paul de Vence in 1987.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ James Baldwin Now, ed. McBride, 325
[edit] External links
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- MultiArts of Saint Paul de Vence
- The Official website of Saint Paul de Vence
- Saint Paul Web
- Fondation Maeght
- Saint-Paul on the site of the Institut géographique national
- Saint-Paul on the webstite of Insee
- Saint-Paul on the Quid
- Saut-Paul de Vence photographed
- Virtual visit of Saint-Paul de Vence
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