Vallauris
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Grasse | |
| Canton | Antibes-1 | |
| Community association | Sophia Antipolis | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 3' E | |
| height | 0-285 m | |
| surface | 13.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 26,672 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,045 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 06220 | |
| INSEE code | 06155 | |
| Website | Vallauris | |
 Bay of Golfe-Juan |
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Vallauris is a municipality (2017 Balance at January 1) in with 26,672 inhabitants department Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur in southeastern France situated. Vallauris was the administrative seat of the canton Vallauris-Antibes-Ouest until its dissolution in 2015 , since then the municipality has belonged to the canton Antibes-1 . Vallauris is a medium- sized town in the western part of the agglomeration around Antibes . The community is a member of the Sophia Antipolis community . The place Golfe-Juan is part of the municipality of Vallauris and a glamorous oneSeaside resort on the Côte d'Azur .
Vallauris has been known for the manufacture of ceramics since the 16th century . At the beginning of the 20th century, the Massier family devoted themselves to artistic ceramics. Pablo Picasso had a major influence on these during his stay in Vallauris in the 1950s.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 10,774 | 12,880 | 17.182 | 21.205 | 24,325 | 25,765 | 27,991 | 26,618 |
Culture
In 1948 Pablo Picasso came to Vallauris, where he lived in the Villa Galloise until 1955. In his Atelier du Fournas , which was housed in a former perfume factory, he created a number of sculptures and paintings during this time, such as the pictures War and Peace from 1952, which are among his main works of this period. They can be viewed in the vestibule of the chapel that has been attached to the Picasso Museum. His bronze statue Man with the Sheep from 1950 is on display in Vallauris' market square. With the help of the printer Hidalgo Arnera, he made numerous linocuts .
As a citizen of the city, Picasso made a decisive contribution to the renewal of the artistic ceramics of Vallauris in the 1950s. As early as 1950 he was therefore made an honorary citizen of the city. In 1961 he married Jacqueline Roque , his second wife, in Vallauris Town Hall.
In Vallauris the “Biennale Internationale de Céramique Contemporaine” takes place regularly in the “Musée national Picasso La Guerre et la Paix”.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vallauris
- Phare de Vallauris (lighthouse), classified as a Monument historique since 2012
Town twinning
Sister cities of Vallauris are Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary) and Lindenberg im Allgäu (Germany).
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Alpes-Maritimes . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-071-X , pp. 69-77.
