Commune of Grasse View of Grasse
Location
Coordinates	43°39′32″N, 06°55′33″E
Administration
Country	France
Région	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Département	Alpes-Maritimes (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality	Pôle Azur Provence
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Leleux (UMP) (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	80 m–1,061 m (avg. 333 m)
Land area¹	44.44 km²
Population² (1999)	43,874
- Density (1999)	988/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	06069/ 06130
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).

Grasse (Provençal Occitan: Grassa in classical norm or Grasso in Mistralian norm) is a town and episcopal see in southeast France, it is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département (of which it is a sous-préfecture), on the French Riviera. Image File history File links Grasse2. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... {{ Haute-Normandie ... Location Administration Capital Marseille Regional President Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998) Départements Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse Arrondissements 18 Cantons 237 Communes 963 Statistics Land area1 31,400 km² Population (Ranked 3rd)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Grasse is an arrondissement of France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes département, of the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur région. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... now. ... The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), is the main French conservative political party. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Provençal (Prouvençau in Provençal language) is one of several dialects of the Romance language Occitan, which is spoken by a minority of people in southern France and other areas of France. ... Occitan, or langue doc is a Romance language characterized by its richness, variability, and by the intelligibility of its dialects. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... The Quai des États-Unis in Nice on the French Riviera at night. ...

Perfume

Bronze parfumeur from ancient Grasse.

Grasse has had a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 2763 KB) Photographer: User:Ballista I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 2763 KB) Photographer: User:Ballista I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Grasse is the center of the French perfume industry and is known as the world's perfume capital (la capitale mondiale des parfums). It produces over two-thirds of France's natural aromas (for perfume and for food flavourings). This industry turns over more than 600 million euros a year.

Grasse's particular microclimate encouraged the flower farming industry. It is warm and far enough inland to be sheltered from the sea air. There is an abundance of water, thanks to its situation in the hills and the 1860 construction of the Siagne canal for irrigation purposes. The town is 350 m above sea level and 20 km from the Coast (Côte d'Azur). 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Jasmine, a key ingredient of many perfumes, was brought to the South of France by the Moors, in the 16th century. Twenty-seven tonnes of jasmine are now harvested in Grasse every year. Species See text Jasmine (Jasminum) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the Family Oleaceae, with about 200 species, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World. ... Moorish Ambassador to Queen Isabella I of Castile The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

There are numerous 'perfumeries' in Grasse, each with tours and a museum.

Ecclesiastical history

About the middle of the thirteenth century, the see of Antibes was transferred to Grasse. Antibes (Provençal Occitan: Antíbol in classical norm or Antibo in Mistralian norm) is a resort town of southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the Côte dAzur, located between Cannes and Nice. ...

Bishops of Grasse worthy of mention are: Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio (1537-1648); the poet Antoine Godeau (1636-53), one of the most celebrated habitués of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, where he was nicknamed "Julia's dwarf" on account of his small stature. The Hôtel de Rambouillet was the Paris residence of Madame de Rambouillet, who ran a literary salon there from about 1607 until her death in 1665. ...

The arrondissement of Grasse was separated from the diocese of Fréjus in 1886, and given to the bishopric of Nice which since unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence. The diocese of Fréjus is an ecclesiastical territory in France. ... The diocese of Nice comprises the Départment of Alpes-Maritimes. ... Vence is a small French town set in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes region, between Nice and Antibes. ...

Festivals

There is an annual Fête du Jasmin or La Jasminade, at the beginning of August. The first festival was on the 3 August–4 August 1946. These days, it is a big event; decorated floats drive through the town, with young women in skimpy costumes on board, throwing flowers onto the crowds. This is known as the 'flower battle' and everyone gets soaked by the natural perfume of the flowers. There are also fireworks, free parties, folk music groups and street performers. There is also an annual international exhibition of roses ("Expo Rose"). August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Miscellaneous

Births

Grasse was the birthplace of:

• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), painter
• Gazan de la Peyrière (1765-1845), general who fought under Napoleon
• Charles Pasqua (born 1927), businessman and politician

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Twin towns

Grasse is twinned with:

• Ingolstadt,  Germany
• Opole,  Poland
• L'Ariana,  Tunisia
• Carrara,  Italy
• Murcia,  Spain
• Marblehead, Massachusetts,  United States

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Grasse

• Grasse travel guide from Wikitravel
• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Grasse city council website (in French)
• Street map of Grasse

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