- Vence
French commune
nomcommune=Vence
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Alpes-Maritimes
arrondissement=Grasse
canton=Vence
insee=06157
cp=06140
gentilé=Vefgvv nçois
maire=Christian Iacono
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de Nice-Côte d'Azur
longitude=7.11416666667
latitude=43.7236111111
alt moy=325 m
alt mini=40
alt maxi=1033 m
hectares=3923
km²=39.230
sans=16,982
date-sans=1999
dens=432
date-dens=1999Vence is a commune set in the hills of the
Alpes Maritimes department in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeasternFrance betweenNice andAntibes .Miscellany
Vence is famous for being home to artists, sculptors and painters.
D. H. Lawrence died in Vence, March 1930. His remains were later exhumed and taken to a ranch inNew Mexico .The town has a small chapel, up above the historique "
Chapelle du Saint-Marie du Rosaire " (1948, completed in 1951), decorated with stained glass and other fittings byHenri Matisse .Within the historique village, there is a chapel that has a mosaic by Chagall on an outside wall, dated 1911.
There is a section of the old Roman road still in the village, and it can be walked on.
Vence is famous for its spring water, which can be collected from numerous fountains throughout the town.
Vence is twinned with the market town of
Stamford, Lincolnshire .Famous residents
*
Maurice Boitel (b.1919), artist
*Henri Calet (1904–1956), writer
*Marc Chagall , artist
*Raoul Dufy , artist
*Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), writer, died in his home here
*Henri Matisse (1869-1954), artist
* Jacques (artist) andGwen Raverat (artist and writer)
*James Baldwin (writer) died in the near-by St Paul de VenceEcclesiastical history
The first known
Bishop of Vence is Severus, bishop in 439 and perhaps as early as 419. Among others are:St. Veranus , son ofSt. Eucherius ,Archbishop of Lyon and a monk of Lérins, bishop before 451 and at least until 465; St. Lambert, first a Benedictine monk (died 1154);Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1505-11).Antoine Godeau ,Bishop of Grasse , was named Bishop of Vence in 1638; the Holy See wished to unite the two dioceses. Meeting with opposition from the chapter and the clergy of Vence Godeau left Grasse in 1653, to remain Bishop of Vence, which see he held until 1672.The
diocese of Nice now unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence.[Vence Cathedral: [http://www.stveran-stlambert.com/visitecathedrale_fichiers/image002.jpg] , [http://www.vittoe.com/0210/images/6161.jpg] ]
Education
Nursery schools
* École Maternelle lei bigaradie
* École Maternelle du Signadour
* École Maternelle de l'ouestPrimary schools
* École primaire du Suve
* École primaire Saint-Michel
* École primaire Toreille
* École primaire ChagallGrammar school
* Collège La Sine
High school
* Lycée Henri Matisse.
ources and external links
*Catholic
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Calet French language Wikipedia] has an article about Henri Calet.
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