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{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
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{{Infobox French commune
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Vence
|name = Vence
|native name = {{native name|oc|Vença}}
|commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image flag = Flag of Vence.gif
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vence (Alpes-Maritimes).svg
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vence (Alpes-Maritimes).svg
|image = Vence.jpg
|image = Vence.jpg
|caption = View of Vence. In the background, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
|caption = A view of Vence with the [[Mediterranean Sea]] in the background
|arrondissement = Grasse
|arrondissement = Grasse
|canton = Vence
|canton = Vence
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|postal code = 06140
|postal code = 06140
|demonym = Vençois
|demonym = Vençois
|mayor = Régis Lebigre<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 | title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires | publisher=Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises | date=2 December 2020 | language=fr | website=data.gouv.fr}}</ref>
|mayor = Loïc Dombreval (Independent)
|term = 2014–2020
|term = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality = [[Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur]]
|intercommunality = [[Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur]]
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7236|7.1142|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7236|7.1142|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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'''Vence''' ({{lang-oc|Vença}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] set in the hills of the [[Alpes Maritimes]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southeastern [[France]] between [[Nice]] and [[Antibes]].
'''Vence''' ({{IPA|fr|vɑ̃s}}; {{langx|oc|Vença}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] set in the hills of the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] department in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] region in Southeastern [[France]], north of [[Nice]] and [[Antibes]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast.


==Ecclesiastical history==
==Ecclesiastical history==
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The [[diocese of Nice]] now unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence.
The [[diocese of Nice]] now unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence.


==Demographics==
[[File:Pizza de l'Ara.jpg|thumb|right|A pizzeria operated from the back of a van in the centre of Vence.]]
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{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-06157#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
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|align = none
|graph-pos=right
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|1968 |9420
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|1975 |11385
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|1982 |13119
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|1990 |15330
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|1999 |16982
|2009 |19183
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|2014 |18536
|2020 |19315
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==Sights==
==Sights==
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Vence is famous for its spring water, which can be collected from numerous fountains in the town.
Vence is famous for its spring water, which can be collected from numerous fountains in the town.

==International relations==
Vence is twinned with the market town of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]].


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==Personalities==
* [[D.H. Lawrence]] (1885–1930), writer, born in [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]], UK, and died in Vence.
* [[James Baldwin (writer)]] died in the nearby [[Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes|St Paul de Vence]]
* [[Maurice Boitel]] (1919–2007), artist
* [[Henri Calet]] (1904–1956), writer
* [[Marc Chagall]], artist
* [[Edward Gordon Craig]] (1872–1966), [[theatre practitioner]], [[actor]], [[Theatrical producer|producer]], [[Theatre director|director]] and [[scenic designer]] died here
* Jean Vincent de Crozals (1922–2009), artist
* [[Émile Delavenay]] (1901–2003), anglicist
* [[Raoul Dufy]], artist
* [[Célestin Freinet]], French educator, who established his school in Vence
* [[Witold Gombrowicz]] (1904–1969), writer, died in his home here
* [[Andrew Grima]] (1921–2007), jewellery designer
* [[Mihály Károlyi]] (1875–1955), Hungarian leader
* [[Henri Matisse]] (1869–1954), artist
* [[Donald C. Peattie]], American author, botanist and naturalist who wrote "Vence, Immortal Village".
* [[Jacques Raverat|Jacques]] (artist) and [[Gwen Raverat]] (artist and writer)
* [[Ida Rubinstein]], ballerina
* [[Émile Hugues]] (1901–1966), politician, was born in Vence. The art museum is named after him.
* [[Jacques Morali]] (1947–1991), disco music author (Village People, YMCA), born in Paris and buried in Vence.

==Population==
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{{Historical populations
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|align=right
| 1793|2615
| 1800|2657
| 1806|3020
| 1821|3045
| 1831|3612
| 1836|3156
| 1841|3165
| 1846|3101
| 1851|2974
| 1856|2733
| 1861|2710
| 1866|2755
| 1872|2828
| 1876|2770
| 1881|2761
| 1886|2903
| 1891|3103
| 1896|3043
| 1901|3124
| 1906|3208
| 1911|3498
| 1921|3090
| 1926|4192
| 1931|4876
| 1936|5495
| 1946|5685
| 1954|6278
| 1962|7874
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| 1968|9420
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| 1975|11385
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| 1982|13119
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| 1990|15330
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| 1999|16982
| 2008|19247
| 2010|19281
| 2012|19241
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| 2014|18536}}


==Education==
==Education==


===Nursery schools===
===Nursery schools===
* École Maternelle lei bigaradie
* {{lang|fr|École Maternelle lei bigaradie}}
* École Maternelle du Signadour
* {{lang|fr|École Maternelle du Signadour}}
* École Maternelle de l'ouest
* {{lang|fr|École Maternelle de l'ouest}}


===Primary schools===
===Primary schools===
* École primaire du Suve
* {{lang|fr|École primaire du Suve}}
* École primaire Saint-Michel
* {{lang|fr|École primaire Saint-Michel}}
* École primaire Toreille
* {{lang|fr|École primaire Toreille}}
* École primaire Chagall
* {{lang|fr|École primaire Chagall}}
* École Célestin Freinet
* {{lang|fr|École Célestin Freinet}}


===Grammar school===
===Grammar school===
* Collège La Sine
* {{lang|fr|Collège La Sine}}


===High school===
===High school===
* Lycée Henri Matisse.
* {{lang|fr|[https://www.lyc-henri-matisse.ac-nice.fr/ Lycée Henri Matisse]}}


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
* {{Catholic}}
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Vence}}
{{Commons category-inline|Vence}}
* {{wikivoyage-inline|Vence}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Vence}}
* Pictures of Vence Cathedral: [http://www.stveran-stlambert.com/visitecathedrale_fichiers/image002.jpg], [http://www.vittoe.com/0210/images/6161.jpg]
* Pictures of Vence Cathedral: [http://www.stveran-stlambert.com/visitecathedrale_fichiers/image002.jpg ], [http://www.vittoe.com/0210/images/6161.jpg ]
* [[:fr:Henri Calet|French language Wikipedia]] Article about Henri Calet
* [[:fr:Henri Calet|French language Wikipedia]] Article about Henri Calet
* [[:fr:Émile Delavenay|French language Wikipedia]] Article about Émile Delavenay
* [[:fr:Émile Delavenay|French language Wikipedia]] Article about Émile Delavenay

{{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Diocese of Nice}}


{{Alpes-Maritimes communes}}
{{Alpes-Maritimes communes}}

Latest revision as of 14:52, 27 October 2024

"Vença" redirects here. Not to be confused with Venca.
Not to be confused with Venice.
Vence
Vença (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Vence with the Mediterranean Sea in the background
A view of Vence with the Mediterranean Sea in the background
Flag of Vence
Flag
Coat of arms of Vence
Coat of arms
Location of Vence
Map
Vence is located in France
Vence
Vence
Vence is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Vence
Vence
Coordinates: 43°43′25″N 7°06′51″E / 43.7236°N 7.1142°E / 43.7236; 7.1142
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonVence
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Régis Lebigre[1]
Area
1
39.23 km2 (15.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
19,415
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
DemonymVençois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06157 /06140
Elevation40–1,033 m (131–3,389 ft)
(avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vence (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃s]; Occitan: Vença) is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes on the Mediterranean coast.

Ecclesiastical history

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The first known Bishop of Vence is Severus, bishop in 439 and perhaps as early as 419.

Among others are: Veranus, son of St. Eucherius, Archbishop of Lyon and a monk of Lérins, bishop before 451 and at least until 465; St. Lambert, first a Benedictine monk (died 1154); Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1505–11).

Antoine Godeau, Bishop of Grasse, was named Bishop of Vence in 1638; the Holy See wished to unite the two dioceses. Meeting with opposition from the chapter and the clergy of Vence Godeau left Grasse in 1653, to remain Bishop of Vence, which see he held until 1672.

The diocese of Nice now unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 9,420—    
1975 11,385+2.74%
1982 13,119+2.05%
1990 15,330+1.97%
1999 16,982+1.14%
2009 19,183+1.23%
2014 18,536−0.68%
2020 19,315+0.69%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

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Within the historic village, a medieval walled village, there are numerous interesting sights and monuments. The Peyra Gate was remodelled in 1810. The fountain was rebuilt in 1822 replacing an older one dating from 1578. Nearby is an ash tree, donated by François I and planted in 1538. The castle is today the Fondation Émile Hugues, a modern and contemporary art museum. The cathedral was built in the 4th century on the site of a Roman temple. The stone of the western façade dates from 239. Another, on the right, was engraved in December 220. Other stones in the external walls represent funerary dedications. Also on the western side of the church, the Pierre du Tauroble evokes the cult of Cybele and also the Great mother of the Gods of Mount Ida. A chapel in the cathedral has a mosaic by Marc Chagall, dated 1979. The rue des Portiques is a section of the old Roman road.[4]

The town has a small chapel, up above the Cité Historique Chapelle du Rosaire (1948, completed in 1951), decorated with stained glass and other fittings by Henri Matisse, who owned a home in the village towards the end of his life.

Vence is famous for its spring water, which can be collected from numerous fountains in the town.

Education

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Nursery schools

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  • École Maternelle lei bigaradie
  • École Maternelle du Signadour
  • École Maternelle de l'ouest

Primary schools

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  • École primaire du Suve
  • École primaire Saint-Michel
  • École primaire Toreille
  • École primaire Chagall
  • École Célestin Freinet

Grammar school

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  • Collège La Sine

High school

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr (in French). Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Itinéraire découverte de la Cité Historique, Office de Tourisme de Vence 2011
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Media related to Vence at Wikimedia Commons

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Nice". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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