Saint-Paul de Vence
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Panorama of Saint-Paul-de-Vence from the path of St. Clare in August 2012
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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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| Coordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°ECoordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Villeneuve-Loubet | |
| Intercommunality | CA Sophia Antipolis | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | René Buron | |
| Area1 | 7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,477 | |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06128 /06570 | |
| Elevation | 39–355 m (128–1,165 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence (before 2011: Saint-Paul, in Occitan: Sant Pau) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, it is well known for its modern and contemporary art museums and galleries such as Fondation Maeght which is located nearby.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence has long been a haven of the famous, mostly due to the La Colombe d'Or hotel, whose former guests include Jean-Paul Satre and Pablo Picasso. During the 1960s, the village was frequented by French actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Lino Ventura, and poet Jacques Prévert.
Saint-Paul is also well known for the artists who have lived there, such as Jacques Raverat, Gwen Raverat and Marc Chagall and more recently the couple Bernard-Henri Lévy and Arielle Dombasle. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has a home there. American writer James Baldwin died there in 1987. British actor Donald Pleasence died there in 1995.
Miami FC player Vincenzo Rennella was born in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
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