Vallauris

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Vallauris (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; Niçard subdialect: Valàuri) is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located in the metropolitan area (and is today effectively an extension of the city) of Antibes, bordering it on its west side. The seaside town Golfe-Juan is a part of the commune of Vallauris. Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station has rail connections to Grasse, Cannes, Antibes and Nice.

Picasso and Vallauris

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A freeman of the town, Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, this legendary golden age when everyone was a potter, including famous ceramicists Roger Capron and Charles Voltz. Many inhabitants still evoke his presence and that of his contemporaries (Françoise Gilot and her children Claude and Paloma, then Jacqueline Roque, his last partner whom he married amid the greatest secrecy at Vallauris town hall in 1961), the bullfights, exhibitions and visits by all kinds of famous people.

Demographics

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A road sign of Vallauris in both French and Niçard (a subdialect of Provençal)[2]

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Twin towns – sister cities

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See also

Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

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  2. PHOTOS. Antibes, Cannes, Valbonne... Quel est le nom de votre ville en Provençal (ou en Nissart)? -Nice-matin
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