- Villeneuve-Loubet
French commune
nomcommune=Villeneuve-Loubet
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Alpes-Maritimes
arrondissement=Grasse
canton=Cagnes-sur-Mer Ouest
insee=06161
cp=06270
maire=Richard Camou
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Sophia Antipolis
longitude=7.12222222222
latitude=43.6588888889
alt moy=
alt mini=0
alt maxi=213 m
hectares=1960
km²=19.60
sans=12,935
date-sans=1999
dens=660
date-dens=1999Villeneuve-Loubet is a commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeasternFrance . It lies betweenCagnes-sur-Mer andAntibes , at the mouth of the Loup River.It was created by the joining two old villages: the old village of Villeneuve inland and the village of
Loubet on the shore of theMediterranean Sea . Its inhabitants are called "Villeneuvois".Economy
It is at the same time a seaside resort and part of the
technopole ofSophia Antipolis , many companies of the tertiary sector being installed in the city.Culture
Villeneuve-Loubet is the birthplace of the famous 19th century provençal chef,
restaurateur , and culinary writerAuguste Escoffier , the author of the "Guide Culinaire " and the founder of Frenchhaute cuisine . Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of MaréchalPhilippe Pétain (1856 - 1951), the "Hero ofVerdun " inWorld War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known asVichy , in World War II. Pétain was sentenced to death for treason in 1945; this was commuted to life in prison by Charles de Gaulle and he died a prisoner at Fort de la Pierre-Levée on the Ile d'Yeu in 1951 at the age of 95.Villeneuve-Loubet was also the site of a battle in World War 2 when it was liberated by the
First Special Service Force on August 26th 1944. The tower of the castle was damaged by a shell fired by the US Navy, and dozens of soldiers from both sides were killed or wounded. Surprisingly, in 2006, the bodies of fourteen Germans killed during the fighting were discovered in a mass grave near the town by a local medical student, and exhumed.Twinned cities
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Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department References
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