Juan-les-Pins

Juan-les-Pins
Joan dei Pins (Occitan)
Juan-les-Pins seen from the Cap d'Antibes
Juan-les-Pins seen from the Cap d'Antibes
Juan-les-Pins is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Juan-les-Pins
Juan-les-Pins
Coordinates: 43°34′16″N 7°06′34″E / 43.57111°N 7.10944°E / 43.57111; 7.10944
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonAntibes-1
Municipality Antibes
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 • Total60,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Postal code
06600

Juan-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [ʒɥɑ̃ le pɛ̃]; Occitan: Joan dei Pins) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, it is situated between Nice and Cannes, 13 kilometres (8 mi) to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Juan-les-Pins is a major holiday destination popular with the international jet set, with a casino, nightclubs and beaches.[1] It is served by Juan-les-Pins station on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.

History

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La Baigneuse by Alfonse Grebel on Avenue Guy de Maupassant

Situated west of the town of Antibes on the western slope of the ridge, halfway to the old fishery village of Golfe-Juan (where Napoleon landed in 1815), it had been an area with many stone pine trees (pins in French), where the inhabitants of Antibes used to go for a promenade, for a picnic in the shadow of the stone pine trees or to collect tree branches and cones for their stoves.[citation needed]

The village was given the name Juan-les-Pins on 12 March 1882. The spelling Juan, used instead of the customary French spelling, Jean, derives from the local Occitan dialect. Other names discussed for the town include Héliopolis, Antibes-les-Pins and Albany-les-Pins (after the Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen Victoria).[citation needed]

The following year, 1883, it was decided to build a railway station in Juan-les-Pins on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) line that had been there since 1863.[citation needed]

Exterior of Juan-les-Pins train station.
Railway bridge on Ave. Amiral Courbet, Juan les Pins

In 1926, the famous hotel Le Provençal was opened and received guests like Charlie Chaplin, Lilian Harvey, Jack L. Warner and Man Ray.[2]

Le Provençal during renovations in 2013

Jazz à Juan

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Points of interest

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Personalities

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Twin towns

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References

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  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Hôtel Provençal extrait 2.m4v". YouTube.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Hôtel Provençal extrait 1.m4v". YouTube.
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