Antibes

Antibes is a small resort town of southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the C?te d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice. It is 12-½ miles by rail southwest of Nice, and is situated on the east side of the Garoupe peninsula. The population at the 1999 census was 72412. The area of Antibes is 26.48 km?.

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It was formerly fortified, but all the ramparts (save the Fort Carr?, built by Vauban, and the ramparts along the sea coast), were demolished in the 1860s. A new town then rose outside the former defences.

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Antibes has one of the largest yacht marinas on the C?te d'Azur, built in the 1960s on the site of a Roman harbour. There is still a local fishing industry, much diminished from its size a century ago. It was formerly a site of perfume distilling; the surrounding country once produced an abundance of flowers. Perfume distillation is still carried out on a commercial scale in nearby Grasse.

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Antibes	Antibes in Winter c.1930	Fort d'Antibes	Juan Les Pins Antibes France
Juan Les Pins Antibes France