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Villeneuve-Loubet

RégionProvence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
DépartementAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonCagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest
HabitantsVilleneuvois
Population (1999)13,104
Population with double accounts(1999)12,935habitants
Metropolitan areaNice
Intercommunalité (2004)Communauté d'Agglomeration
de Sophia Antipolis
Area19.60 km²

Villeneuve-Loubet is a town and commune in southeastern France, in the Alpes-Maritimes département, between Cagnes-sur-Mer and Antibes, with the mouth of the Loup River. It is consisted of the joining two old village: the old village of Villeneuve inland and the village of Loubet on banks of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Economy

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.

Culture

Villeneuve-Loubet is the fatherland of the large provençal cook 19th century, Auguste Escoffier, the author of the Guide Culinaire.

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Last updated: 10-15-2005 23:55:49
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