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Cannes
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Cannes (kän), town (1991 pop. 69,363), Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France. An important and fashionable resort on the French Riviera, Cannes also has shipbuilding and textile industries. Napoleon I landed nearby on his return (1815) from Elba. Churches from the 16th and 17th cent. are in the old part of town. An international film festival is held in Cannes each spring.

Cannes

City (pop., 1999: 67,304), southeastern France. Located on the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Nice, it is an international resort. Probably settled by Ligurians, it was occupied successively by Phocaeans, Celts, and Romans. In the 10th century the monks of Lérins built fortifications to guard against Muslim sea raiders. Napoleon, on his return from Elba in 1815, camped nearby. A resort since the 19th century, the city is home to the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes
a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop.: 67 304 (1999)
Cannes
founded after WWII; the 1968 festival was the scene of demonstrations by political activists. [Cinema Hist.: EB, 12:496]
See : Festival, Film


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