43°35N 7°07E, pop (2000e) 73 900. Fishing port and fashionable resort on the Riviera, in Alpes-Maritimes department, SE France; facing Nice across a long bay; best known for its luxurious villas and hotels sheltered by the pines of Cap d'Antibes; 3 km/1¾ mi W, Napoleon landed with 1000 men on his return from Elba in 1815; railway; perfumes, flowers, olives, fruit, chocolates; Roman remains; museums, including the Musée Picasso.
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Commune of Antibes A typical provençal ruelle in Antibes |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 07° 07' 26" E |
| Latitude | 43° 34' 51" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Département | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis |
| Mayor |
Jean Leonetti (UMP) (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude |
0 m–163 m (avg. 9 m) |
| Land area¹ | 26.48 km² |
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Population² (1999) |
72,412 |
| - Density (1999) | 2,734.6/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06004/ 06600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. | |
Antibes (Provençal Occitan: Antíbol in classical norm or Antibo in Mistralian norm) is a resort town of southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the Côte d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice.
Administration
Antibes is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département (formerly in that of the Var, but transferred after the Alpes-Maritimes department was formed in 1860 out of the county of Nice). It covers a number of distinct areas, including:
Antibes proper Juan-les-Pins Golfe-Juan the southern parts of Sophia Antipolis (the northern parts belonging to Biot)History
Greek Antipolis
In prehistory, the area around Antibes was inhabited by the Deciates (Δεκιῆται), a tribe of the Ligurians (Smith, entry on Deciátes; The Deciates had a town in the area, oppidum Deciatum but this was not Antibes itself (Pliny the Elder, Chorographia, 2.69):
Antibes was the ancient Antipolis (Stabo, Geography 4.1.9).
Polybius (Histories, 33.7) relates that in 155 BCE the Ligurians attacked Massallia, Antipolis and Nikea and in consequence, Massallia appealed to the Romans for help because of a treaty between Massallia and Rome.
Roman Civitas Antipolitana
In 43 BCE, Antipolis lost its staus as a free Masaliote city and was annexed by the Romans, becoming Civitas Antipolitana.
Antibes culture
Literature
Antibes was the birthplace of Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965), author.
Music
Interestingly, Antibes was the site of two well-regarded live jazz performances - the Charles Mingus album Mingus at Antibes and a live performance of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, which was later released with the original in a deluxe package.
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