Le Cannet

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Le Cannet

Total population

41,597

Elevation12 m

Land area7.71 km²

Coordinates43.58°, 7.02°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Le Cannet is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Alain Campbell White

American botanist and chess composer (1880-1951)

Gérard Philipe

French actor (1922-1959)

Johan Micoud

French footballer (born 1973)

Yorick Treille

French ice hockey player and coach

Johann Zarco

French motorcycle racer

Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

Spanish Royal (1936-2020)

Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

Member of the Russian imperial family (1896–1963)

S

Sébastien Vieilledent

French rower

B

Brandon Maïsano

French racing driver

Anna Kavan

British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)

Hamed Namouchi

Tunisian and French association football player

Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

British statesman (1833-1908)

Jean-Gabriel Albicocco

French film director (1936–2001)

Gisèle Pascal

actress (1921-2007)

Yann Bonato

French basketball player (born 1972)

F

Franck Montanella

French rugby union player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Golfe-Juan
  2.8 mi away
• Pégomas
  4.6 mi away · pop. 8,045
• Plascassier
  5 mi away
• Théoule-sur-Mer
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,362
• Opio
  6.6 mi away · pop. 2,393
• Le Rouret
  6.8 mi away · pop. 4,157
• Tanneron
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,697
• Magagnosc
  7.7 mi away
• Peymeinade
  8.5 mi away · pop. 8,256
• Cabris
  9.1 mi away · pop. 1,393
• Val de Tignet
  9.5 mi away
• Tourrettes-sur-Loup
  9.9 mi away · pop. 4,092

Browse all places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-27

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-26

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-26

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-09-26

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-26

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-26

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Seen 2026-09-26

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers