Golfe-Juan, Alpes-Maritimes Département, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
🇫🇷 Golfe-Juan is a seaside resort on France's Côte d'Azur. The distinct local character of Golfe-Juan is indicated by the existence of a demonym, "Golfe-Juanais", which is applied to its inhabitants.
Overview Golfe-Juan belongs to the commune of Vallauris in the Grasse arrondissement of the Alpes-Maritimes department, which belongs in turn to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The area is served by the Golfe Juan-Vallauris railway station.
On March 1, 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte landed at Golfe-Juan with 607 Grenadiers of the Old Guard, 118 Polish Lancers, some 300 Corsicans, 50 Elite Gendarmes, 80 civilians, and 2 light artillery pieces, having escaped exile on the island of Elba. His return to Paris, commemorated by the Route Napoléon, and the campaign that led to his ultimate defeat at the Battle of Waterloo are known as the "Hundred Days".
"Golfe Juan" is also the name of a pointillist painting done by Paul Signac (1863–1935), a French neo-impressionist, in 1896.
Nice, Cote d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes
Golfe-Juan has a population of over 28,025 people. Golfe-Juan also forms part of the wider Grasse Arrondissement which has a population of over 561,067 people. It is also a part of the larger Alpes-Maritimes Département.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Golfe-Juan has links with:
🇩🇪 Lindenberg im Allgäu, Germany🇨🇦 Mississauga 43.586
🇫🇷 Montpellier 43.6
🇫🇷 Draguignan 43.54
🇺🇸 Sioux Falls 43.533
Locations Near: Golfe-Juan 7.06667,43.5667
🇫🇷 Antibes 7.121,43.581 d: 4.6
🇫🇷 Cagnes-sur-Mer 7.132,43.674 d: 13
🇫🇷 Grasse 6.923,43.659 d: 15.4
🇫🇷 Saint-Raphaël 6.77,43.425 d: 28.6
🇫🇷 Fréjus 6.735,43.433 d: 30.6
🇲🇨 Monaco 7.424,43.738 d: 34.5
🇫🇷 Draguignan 6.467,43.54 d: 48.4
Antipodal to: Golfe-Juan -172.933,-43.567
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17512
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16751.5
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16706.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16383.6
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12745.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12671.1
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12659.1
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12653.6