Juan-les-Pins

Also known as Joan dei Pins

Juan-les-Pins (; ) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, it is situated between Nice and Cannes, to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Juan-les-Pins is a major holiday destination popular with the international jet set, with a casino, nightclubs and beaches. It is served by Juan-les-Pins station on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.

Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: Juan-les-Pins seen from the Cap d'Antibes
Settlement.pushpin_map: France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#France
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 16px Alpes-Maritimes
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Grasse
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Canton
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Antibes-1
Settlement.subdivision_type5

Article

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Contents

History
Jazz à Juan
Points of interest
Personalities
Twin towns
References
External links

==History== thumb|La Baigneuse by Alfonse Grebel on Avenue Guy de Maupassant 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 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.