Juan-les-Pins (; oc, Joan dei Pins) is a town in the

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Antibes Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. The town of ...

in the

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in Southeastern

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. Located on the

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, it is situated between

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and

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, to the southwest of

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. Juan-les-Pins is a major holiday destination popular with the international

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, with a casino, nightclubs and beaches. It is served by

Juan-les-Pins station Juan-les-Pins station ( French: ''Gare de Juan-les-Pins'') is a railway station serving the town of Juan-les-Pins, part of the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventim ...

on the

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History

Situated west of the town of

on the western slope of the ridge, halfway to the old fishery village of

Golfe-Juan Golfe-Juan (; oc, Lo Gorg Joan, Lo Golfe Joan) is a seaside resort on France's Côte d'Azur. The distinct local character of Golfe-Juan is indicated by the existence of a demonym, "Golfe-Juanais", which is applied to its inhabitants. Overview ...

(where

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landed in 1815), it had been an area with many stone pine trees ( 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

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dialect. Other names discussed for the town include ''Héliopolis'', ''Antibes-les-Pins'' and ''Albany-les-Pins'' (after the

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, the fourth son of

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). 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. Gare de Juan les Pins

In 1926, the famous hotel Le Provençal was opened and received guests like

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and

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' hand impression on Boulevard Edouard Baudoin, Juan les Pins

Cultural references

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mentions Juan les Pins in ''Tender is the Night''. Nelly persuades Pierre to move to Juan-les-Pins to escape his mother in Jacques Feyder's

Pension Mimosas ''Pension Mimosas'' is a 1935 French drama film directed by Jacques Feyder. Based on an original scenario by Feyder and Charles Spaak, it is a psychological drama set largely in a small hotel on the Côte d'Azur, and it provided Françoise Rosay ...

(1935).

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famously mentions Juan-les-Pins in his 1969 UK

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, "

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"; a portrait of a girl who becomes a member of the Euro

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. The lyrics refer to the girl spending her summer vacations in Juan-les-Pins. "Golfe Juan" is the name of a pointillist painting done by

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, 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

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, the protagonist in eleven

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novels. In

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's novel ''The Lost Weekend'', the main character, Don Birnam, mentions a holiday in Juan-les-Pins. In

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's novel "Kingdom of Shadows", protagonist Nicholas Morath, his Argentine girlfriend Cara, and assorted friends spend early June 1938 in Juan-les-Pins. Near the end of

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's ' 'The Goldfinch' ', the protagonist travels to many 'exotic places,' such as Juan-Les-Pins, to rectify his wrongdoings. Camille Aubray's fictional novel ''Cooking for Picasso'' takes place in Juan-les-Pins.

Points of interest

Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret The Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret () is a renowned botanical garden located on the grounds of the Villa Thuret, 90, chemin Raymond, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is open weekdays without c ...

* Aujourd'hui, curvy modernistic seaside former beach house of movie mogul

* Home of the 6 Jours d'Antibes, the

Antibes 6 Day Race The Antibes 6 day race (6 Jours d'Antibes) was a multiday race that is now called the 6 Jours de France which took place in Antibes starting in 2009 in Juan-les-Pins in the South of France. Consisting of 24h (not done in 2011), 48h and 72h ultra ...

. * 5, Rue Jacques Leonetti, 06160, Antibes, the address of the world's first Discothèque, in 1947, (now demolished), opened by Paul Pacini, (died 12/12/'17), ((later of Cannes Radio)), the 'Whisky à GoGo'; (the name taken from the 'Galore', in

Whisky Galore (novel) ''Whisky Galore'' is a novel written by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. It was published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title '' Whisky Galore!''. The book has sold several million copies and has been reprinted several t ...

, published the same year, by

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Personalities

Frank Jay Gould Frank Jay Gould (December 4, 1877 – April 1, 1956) was a philanthropist and the son of financier Jay Gould. He was the owner of French Riviera casinos and hotels. Biography He was born on December 4, 1877, in Manhattan, New York City to ...

*Gerald Murphy * Dominique Guillo * Georges Milton

Twin towns

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References

External links

Festivals Internationaux de Bridge d'Antibes en Juan-les-Pins
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