Le Cannet

Le Cannet (Occitan: Lo Canet) is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Le Cannet
Commune
Cannes, seen from Victoria Avenue in Le Cannet
Coat of arms
Location of Le Cannet
Le Cannet Le Cannet
Coordinates: 43°34′37″N 7°01′10″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Cannes-1 and Le Cannet
Intercommunality	CA Cannes Pays de Lérins
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Pigrenet[1]
Area ^1	7.71 km^2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	41,471
• Density	5,400/km^2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06030 /06110
Elevation	12–285 m (39–935 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Administration

Le Cannet was part of Cannes until 1778, when it was made a separate commune.

Location

Le Cannet is located on the north of Cannes, on the French Riviera. The two cities form a single urban area.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,189 —     1800 1,289 +8.4% 1806 1,229 −4.7% 1821 1,433 +16.6% 1831 1,480 +3.3% 1836 1,532 +3.5% 1841 1,546 +0.9% 1846 1,480 −4.3% 1851 1,591 +7.5% 1856 1,596 +0.3% 1861 1,676 +5.0% 1866 1,762 +5.1% 1872 1,722 −2.3% 1876 1,738 +0.9% 1881 2,563 +47.5% 1886 2,552 −0.4% 1891 2,572 +0.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 2,593 +0.8% 1901 3,097 +19.4% 1906 3,642 +17.6% 1911 4,166 +14.4% 1921 3,883 −6.8% 1926 6,244 +60.8% 1931 10,016 +60.4% 1936 10,056 +0.4% 1946 10,299 +2.4% 1954 11,601 +12.6% 1962 15,499 +33.6% 1968 23,231 +49.9% 1975 33,892 +45.9% 1982 37,411 +10.4% 1990 41,842 +11.8% 1999 41,940 +0.2% 2008 40,940 −2.4%

Personalities

Le Cannet was the birthplace of:

• Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist
• Richard Galliano (born 1950), accordionist
• François Garde (born 1959), High-ranking official and writer

It was the home of:

• Margaret Caroline Anderson, editor of The Little Review
• Pierre Bonnard, painter

It is the home of:

• Patrick Tambay, former Formula 1 driver and City Councillor of Le Cannet

Twin towns

Le Cannet is twinned with:

• Benidorm, Spain
• Königstein im Taunus, Germany
• Lafayette, United States
• Magione, Italy
• Vila do Conde, Portugal

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Le Cannet city council website