Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes Département, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
🇫🇷 Vallauris is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located in the metropolitan area (and is today effectively an extension of the city) of Antibes, bordering it on its west side. The seaside town Golfe-Juan is a part of the commune of Vallauris. Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station has rail connections to Grasse, Cannes, Antibes and Nice.
Picasso and Vallauris In 1948 Picasso came to live in Vallauris, where he stayed until 1955. During his time in the town, he created a great many sculptures and paintings including his mural War and Peace, one of the major artworks of the period. He also developed a fascination for the techniques of ceramics and linocuts.
A freeman of the town, Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, this legendary golden age when everyone was a potter, including famous ceramicists Roger Capron and Charles Voltz. Many inhabitants still evoke his presence and that of his contemporaries (Françoise Gilot and her children Claude and Paloma, then Jacqueline Roque, his last partner whom he married amid the greatest secrecy at Vallauris town hall in 1961), the bullfights, exhibitions and visits by all kinds of famous people.
Nice, Cote d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes
Vallauris has a population of over 28,025 people. Vallauris 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. Vallauris is situated near Grasse.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Vallauris has links with:
🇭🇺 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 🇩🇪 Lindenberg im Allgäu, Germany🇨🇦 Mississauga 43.586
🇫🇷 Montpellier 43.6
🇫🇷 Draguignan 43.54
🇺🇸 Sioux Falls 43.533
🇩🇪 Gelsenkirchen 7.058
🇫🇷 Sarreguemines 7.072
Locations Near: Vallauris 7.0538,43.5805
🇫🇷 Antibes 7.121,43.581 d: 5.4
🇫🇷 Cagnes-sur-Mer 7.132,43.674 d: 12.1
🇫🇷 Grasse 6.923,43.659 d: 13.6
🇫🇷 Saint-Raphaël 6.77,43.425 d: 28.7
🇫🇷 Fréjus 6.735,43.433 d: 30.5
🇲🇨 Monaco 7.424,43.738 d: 34.6
🇫🇷 Draguignan 6.467,43.54 d: 47.5
Antipodal to: Vallauris -172.946,-43.581
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16381.8
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🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12669.3
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