Le Bar-sur-Loup

Le Bar-sur-Loup
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Valbonne
Community association	Sophia Antipolis
Coordinates	43 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E
height	100-1,312 m
surface	14.47 km 2
Residents	2,936 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	203 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	06620
INSEE code	06010
Le Bar-sur-Loup

Le Bar-sur-Loup is a french commune in the Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Grasse and the Canton of Valbonne . The residents call themselves Aubarnais or Barois.

The neighboring municipalities are Gourdon in the north, Tourrettes-sur-Loup in the northeast, La Colle-sur-Loup in the east, Le Rouret in the southeast, Châteauneuf-Grasse and Grasse in the south, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey in the southwest and Caussols in the Northwest.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2017
1,501	1,647	1,691	2,043	2,465	2,543	2,726	2,778	2,936

Attractions

• Bronze statue of Admiral François Joseph Paul
• La Porte Sarrasine, a hospital entrance
• Saint-Jacques-le Majeur church from the 16th century, a Roman tombstone is walled up in the base of the bell tower
• Château des Comtes de Grasse from the 13th century

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Bar-sur-Loup

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Alpes-Maritimes . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-071-X , pp. 79-86.

Web links

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