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Encyclopedia > Le Cannet

Le Cannet is a town and a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France. The commune is an administrative division of France. ... Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...

  • Population: 42,492
  • Area: 7.71 km²
  • Altitude: 100 m
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Administration

Le Cannet was part of Cannes until 1778, when it was made a separate commune. 1785 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


Location

Le Cannet is located on the north of Cannes, on the French Riviera. The two cities form a single urban area. The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... The Riviera is the coast shared between France and Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, or the Italian Adriatic coast (Riviera Adriatica), on the Adriatic Sea. ...


Miscellaneous

Le Cannet was the birthplace of:

It was the home of: Victorien Sardou (September 5, 1831 - November 8, 1908) was a French dramatist. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... Richard Galliano (born December 12, 1950) is a French-Italian accordionist. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... a piano accordion An accordion is a small portable free-reed wind instrument with a keyboard, the smallest representative of the organ family. ...

Margaret Caroline Anderson (November 24, 1886 - October 18, 1973) was founder and editor of the celebrated literary magazine The Little Review, which published an extraordinary collection of modern American and English writers between 1914 and 1929. ...

External link

  • City council website (http://www.mairie-le-cannet.fr)

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Hotels Le Cannet (Cannes), Alpes-Maritimes Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. (226 words)
Neighboring the ancient village of Le Cannet founded in 1021, between the Mediterranean Coast and Provence, the hotel is located far from traffic but only a few minutes away from Cannes prestigious...
The Ibis Le Cannet hotel is situated 5 min from the Palais des Festivals and La Croisette, this hotel offers its 40 rooms.
Two kilometres from the beaches and the "Vieux Port" and amid the forested hills, Le Cannet enjoys a panoramic view from the Lérins Islands to the Esterel Massif.
Cannet des Maures - Provence Web (615 words)
Old Cannet is a classified village built in the gothic provençal style on the top of an outcrop which overlooks the Maures plain.
Reaching the ends of the old streets,garlanded with flowers you will find the old gateways to the walled village, shady squares with their wells, the oil mill, the ruins of the château and the St Michel church with its simple XIth century architecture but which rounds off the incomparable charm of the whole village.
Vieux Cannet, The Verrerie bridges (2 hump backed bridges on the R.Riautord and R.Aille which date from the XVth century, located on the St Tropez road), the Escarcets lake on the Maures plain, walking and mountain biking, hunting, parachuting, donkey rides, fishing.
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