Mougins
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Coordinates: 43°36′03″N 6°59′44″E / 43.600833°N 6.995556°E
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Commune of Mougins |
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  Mougins
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Mougins |
| Mayor | Richard Galy (2008-2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 32–269 m (100–880 ft) |
| Land area1 | 25.64 km2 (9.90 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 19,500 (2005) |
| - Density | 761 /km² (1,970 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 06085/ 06250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Mougins is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is located on the heights of Cannes, in the district of Grasse. Mougins is a 15 minute drive from Cannes. The village is surrounded by forests, such as the Valmasque forest. In the village there are pines, olives, and Cyprus trees.
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[edit] History
The hilltop of Mougins has been occupied since the Roman period and much of the current 'old' village dates back to the fifteenth century when it was the property of the Monks of Saint Honorat from the nearby Iles de Lerins just off the coast of Cannes. Originally Mougins was a fortified village surrounded by ramparts and parts of the Medievil city wall still exist as well as one of the three original ancient gate towers.
Pablo Picasso spent the last 15 years of his life living in Mougins, where he died.
[edit] Amenities
The Museum of Photography in Mougins has a permanent collection of photographic portraits of Picasso.
The notable restaurant Moulin de Mougins is located an abandoned mill.
The Mougins Museum of Classical Art will be open by summer 2010. It will display a private collection of around three hundred two-thousand-year-old Roman and Greek antiquities which will be shown alongside a collection of modern and contemporary art with a classical Roman and Ancient Greek subject matter.
[edit] Education
Mougins School is an international school that was established in 1964.
[edit] Mayors
| Identity | F. Tajasque | Laumbre-Delanoy | J. Sauvan | André Bailet | Maillan | Roger Duhalde | Richard Galy |
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| Period | 1904-1905 | 193?-195r | 195?-196? | 196?-196? | 196?-1970 | 1970-2001 | 2001-2014 |
| Political party | Gaullist | RPR | UMP |
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