Vallauris
Vallauris
Valàuria (Occitan) | |
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Golfe-Juan | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Vallauris | |
Vallauris Vallauris | |
| Coordinates: 43°34′50″N 7°03′14″E / 43.5805°N 7.0538°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Antibes-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Sophia Antipolis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Kévin Luciano[1] |
Area 1 | 13.04 km2 (5.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 29,259 |
| • Density | 2,244/km2 (5,811/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06155 /06221 |
| Elevation | 0–285 m (0–935 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vallauris (French pronunciation: [valoʁis]; Occitan: Valàuria; Niçard subdialect: Valàuri) is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located in the metropolitan area (and is today effectively an extension of the city) of Antibes, bordering it on its west side. The seaside town Golfe-Juan is a part of the commune of Vallauris. Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station has rail connections to Grasse, Cannes, Antibes and Nice.
Picasso and Vallauris
In 1948 Picasso came to live in Vallauris, where he stayed until 1955. During his time in the town, he created a great many sculptures and paintings including his mural War and Peace, one of the major artworks of the period. He also developed a fascination for the techniques of ceramics and linocuts.
A freeman of the town, Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, this legendary golden age when everyone was a potter, including famous ceramicists Roger Capron and Charles Voltz. Many inhabitants still evoke his presence and that of his contemporaries (Françoise Gilot and her children Claude and Paloma, then Jacqueline Roque, his last partner whom he married amid the greatest secrecy at Vallauris town hall in 1961), the bullfights, exhibitions and visits by all kinds of famous people.
Demographics
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Twin towns – sister cities
- Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
- Lindenberg im Allgäu, Germany
See also
Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ PHOTOS. Antibes, Cannes, Valbonne... Quel est le nom de votre ville en Provençal (ou en Nissart)? -Nice-matin
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vallauris, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ "Jumelages". vallauris-golfe-juan.fr (in French). Vallauris. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
External links
- Official website (in French)