Villeneuve-Loubet
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The village overlooked by the Château de Villeneuve-Loubet
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
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| Coordinates: 43°39′32″N 7°07′20″E / 43.6589°N 7.1222°ECoordinates: 43°39′32″N 7°07′20″E / 43.6589°N 7.1222°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Villeneuve-Loubet | |
| Intercommunality | Sophia Antipolis | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Richard Camou | |
| Area1 | 19.60 km2 (7.57 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 15,020 | |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06161 /06270 | |
| Elevation | 0–213 m (0–699 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.
Villeneuve-Loubet (pronounced: [vilnœv lube] is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies between Cagnes-sur-Mer and Antibes, at the mouth of the river Loup.
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.
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.
Villeneuve-Loubet is the birthplace of the famous 19th century provençal chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer Auguste Escoffier, the author of the Guide Culinaire and the founder of French haute cuisine. Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of Maréchal Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), the "Hero of Verdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known as Vichy France, in World War II.
The writer and historian Jules Bertaut (1877–1959) died in Villeneuve-Loubet.
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