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Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul is located in Fraunce
Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Saint-Paul is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul
Coordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°E / 43.6972; 7.1231Coordinates: 43°41′50″N 7°07′23″E / 43.6972°N 7.1231°E / 43.6972; 7.1231
KintraFraunce
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepairtmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonCagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest
IntercommunalitySophia Antipolis
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2008–2014) René Buron
Area
1
7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)2
3,477
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06128 /06570
Elevation39–355 m (128–1,165 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence (in Occitan: Sant Pau) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment in sootheastren Fraunce. Ane o the auldest medieval touns on the French Riviera, it is weel kent for its modren an contemporar airt museums an galleries such as Fondation Maeght which is locatit nearbi.[1]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,416—    
19681,570+10.9%
19751,917+22.1%
19822,542+32.6%
19902,903+14.2%
19992,847−1.9%
20083,477+22.1%

Personalities

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Saint-Paul de Vence haes lang been a haven o the famous. Durin the 1960s, it was frequentit bi French actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret an Lino Ventura, an poet Jacques Prévert.

Saint-Paul is weel kent for the airtists who have livit thare an aw, such as Marc Chagall an mair recently the couple Bernard-Henri Lévy an Arielle Dombasle.[2] Umwhile Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman haes a hame thare.

See an aw

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References

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  1. Lonely Planet; Emilie Filou; Alexis Averbuck (1 December 2012). Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur. Lonely Planet. pp. 560–. ISBN 978-1-74321-376-6. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. Buck, Joan Juliet (Januar 2003). "France's Prophet Provocateur". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 6 Mey 2011.
  3. James Baldwin Now, ed. McBride, 325

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