Mandelieu-la-Napoule

Mandelieu-La Napoule
Mandelieu-La Napoule
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Mandelieu-Cannes-Ouest
Mayor	Henri Leroy (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–486 m (0–1,594 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
Land area1	31.37 km2 (12.11 sq mi)
Population2	21,192  (2008)
- Density	676 /km2 (1,750 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	06079/ 06210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mandelieu-La Napoule is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, located on the French Riviera just to the southwest of Cannes and northeast of Théoule-sur-Mer.

It is known for the Château de la Napoule, a fortified castle of the 14th century. In the 20th century, Henry Clews Jr (son of the wealthy New York banker Henry Clews) and his wife Marie Clews, entirely renovated the chateau which they then inhabited. Henry Clews Jr was a painter and sculptor whose work still fills the castle, which is now run as a non-profit arts foundation by his descendants.The chateau was once an ancient foundation, then a medieval fortress of the Counts of Villeneuve. Today the Roman Tower (4th century) and the Saracen Tower (11th century) are all that remain of the chateau that was destroyed during the French Revolution. The chateau designed by the Clews has cloister, terrace overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Gothic dining room, and studio. In the basement of a tower at the chateau the remains of Henry (1876–1937) and Marie (1878–1959) are interred in two tombs that Henry designed and sculpted.

Population

Historical population of Mandelieu-la-Napoule

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	9	33	29	89	78	111	256	305	433	334

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	495	423	455	423	714	835	779	984	1695	1260

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	1517	1723	2376	2343	2342	2378	2962	3981	6124	9535

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	14,283	16,493	17,863	21,192

Transportation

Private air transportation for the town (and for nearby Cannes) is provided by Cannes - Mandelieu Airport. The nearest major airport is Nice Cote d'Azur Airport, the second busiest airport in France; it is about 30 minutes drive from the airport to the town. The commune is reached from exit 41 on the autoroute A8.

Personalities

It is the home of ex MI6 agent Richard Tomlinson and Italian classical pianist Riccardo Caramella.

Prince Luis of Orleans-Braganza was born in Mandelieu on the 6th of June, 1938. He is the present head of the Vassouras Branch of the Brazilian Imperial House and de jure Emperor of Brazil (Luis I of Brazil). He is also considered a royal prince of the deposed monarchies of France and Portugal.

Italian Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, daughter of the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena of Montenegro, lived and died in Mandelieu on December 7, 2001.

Italian athlete Eddy Ottoz was born in Mandelieu on the 3rd of June, 1944. He competed for Italy in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan and in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, where he won the bronze medal in the 110 metre hurdles event.

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official tourism Website: in French, in English
• Map of Mandelieu-La Napoule (PDF)
• Official web site
• Mandelieu-La Napoule Exhibition-Congress Centre
• Chateau de La Napoule
• Henry Clews, Jr.
• 360 Panorama Images of the Chateau de La Napoule