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[[Peter Sarstedt]] famously mentions Juan-les-Pins in his 1969 [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Chart-topper|number one]] [[hit record|hit]], "[[Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)]]"; a portrait of a girl who becomes a member of the Euro [[jet-set]]. The song mentions that the girl spends her summer vacations in Juan-les-Pins. The song was featured in Wes |
[[Peter Sarstedt]] famously mentions Juan-les-Pins in his 1969 [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Chart-topper|number one]] [[hit record|hit]], "[[Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)]]"; a portrait of a girl who becomes a member of the Euro [[jet-set]]. The song mentions that the girl spends her summer vacations in Juan-les-Pins. The song was featured in Wes Anderson's, "Darjeeling Limited". |
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"Golfe Juan" is the name of a pointillist painting done by [[Paul Signac]], a French neo-impressionist in 1896. |
"Golfe Juan" is the name of a pointillist painting done by [[Paul Signac]], a French neo-impressionist in 1896. |
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Revision as of 14:25, 11 April 2012
Juan-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [ʒɥɑ̃ lə pɛ̃]) is a town in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur. It is situated between Nice and Cannes, 13 km from Nice Côte d'Azur Airport.
It is a major holiday destination popular with the international jet-set, with casino, nightclubs and beaches, which are made of fine grained sand, and are not straight, but instead are cut with small inlets.
History
Situated west of the town of Antibes on the western slope of the ridge, halfway to the old fishery village of Golfe-Juan (where Napoleon landed in 1815), it had been an area with lots of stone pine trees (pins in French), where the inhabitants of Antibes used to go for a promenade, for a picnic in the shadow of the stone pine trees or to collect tree branches and cones for their stoves.
The village was given the name Juan-les-Pins on 12 March 1882. The spelling Juan, used instead of the customary French spelling, Jean, derives from the local Occitan dialect. Other names discussed for the town include Héliopolis, Antibes-les-Pins and Albany-les-Pins (after the Duke of Albany, the son of Queen Victoria).
The following year, 1883, it was decided to build a railway station in Juan-les-Pins on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) line that had been there since 1863.
Jazz à Juan
Cultural references
Peter Sarstedt famously mentions Juan-les-Pins in his 1969 UK number one hit, "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"; a portrait of a girl who becomes a member of the Euro jet-set. The song mentions that the girl spends her summer vacations in Juan-les-Pins. The song was featured in Wes Anderson's, "Darjeeling Limited".
"Golfe Juan" is the name of a pointillist painting done by Paul Signac, a French neo-impressionist in 1896.
Juan-les-Pins is prominent in Sartre's The Reprieve, the second volume of his Roads to Freedom trilogy.
The area is also the home of Lanny Budd, the protagonist in 11 Upton Sinclair novels.
In Charles Jackson's novel The Lost Weekend, the main character, Don Birnam, mentions a holiday in Juan-les-Pins.
Points of interest
- Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret
- Aujourd'hui, curvy modernistic seaside former beach house of movie mogul Jack Warner
- Home of the 6 Jours d'Antibes, the Antibes 6 Day Race.
Personalities
Twin towns
See also
External links
