Vence
Vence 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.
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Les notices d'autorité de la Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names enregistrent Vence comme lieu habité. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Vence comme « commune ». Les notices d'autorité de la Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names enregistrent Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur comme unité administrative de Vence. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Alpes-Maritimes comme unité administrative de Vence. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur comme région administrative de Vence. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre France comme pays de Vence.
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La superficie de Vence est de 3 941,33 hectares, selon la Etalab API Découpage administratif. La Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre le code postal 06140 pour Vence.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vence • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Grasse • Canton — Vence • Insee — 06157 • Postal Code — 06140 • Demonym — Vençois • Mayor — Régis Lebigre • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur • Elevation M — 325 • Elevation Min M — 40 • Elevation Max M — 1033 • Area Km2 — 39.23
Ecclesiastical history
Ecclesiastical history
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.
Sights
Sights
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. 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.
Nursery schools
Nursery schools
• École Maternelle lei bigaradie • École Maternelle du Signadour • École Maternelle de l'ouest
Primary schools
Primary schools
• École primaire du Suve • École primaire Saint-Michel • École primaire Toreille • École primaire Chagall • École Célestin Freinet
Notable people
Notable people
• Henri Matisse (1869-1954) artist, painter • Marc Chagall (1887-1985) artist, painter • Jean Vincent de Crozals (1922–2009) painter, sculptor • Eduardo Lourenço (1923-2020) essayist, philosopher • Annelies Nelck (1925–2014) painter, engraver
Grammar school
Grammar school
• Collège La Sine • College Des Baous
High school
High school
• Lycée Henri Matisse
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- 1.Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr. 2 December 2020.
- 2.Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- 3.Itinéraire découverte de la Cité Historique, Office de Tourisme de Vence 2011
- 4.Oxford University Press. Crozals, Jean Vincent de. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00044956.
- 5.Oxford University Press. Nelck, Annelies. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00129389.
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