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{{Short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Antibes
|native name        = {{native name|oc|Antíbol}}
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Antibesbordmer.JPG
|caption            = View of the old city (Vieille Ville) of Antibes by the Mediterranean
|arrondissement     = Grasse
|canton             = [[Canton of Antibes-1|Antibes-1]], [[Canton of Antibes-2|2]] and [[Canton of Antibes-3|3]]
|image coat of arms = Armoiries d'Antibes.svg
|demonym            = Antibois
|INSEE              = 06004
|postal code        = 06600
|mayor              = [[Jean Leonetti]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|party              = [[The Republicans (France)|LR]]
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis|Sophia Antipolis]]
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|elevation m        = 9
|elevation min m    = 0
|elevation max m    = 163
|area km2           = 26.48
|website            = {{URL|https://www.antibes-juanlespins.com}}
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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'''Antibes''' ({{IPAc-en|ɒ̃|ˈ|t|iː|b}},<ref>{{cite American Heritage Dictionary|Antibes|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|Antibes|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|USalso|ɑː|n|ˈ|t|iː|b|z}},<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190518123726/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Antibes "Antibes"] (US) and {{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Antibes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182631/https://www.lexico.com/definition/antibes |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Antibes |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|ɑ̃tib|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Antibes.wav}}; {{langx|oc|Antíbol}} {{IPA|oc|anˈtibu|}}) is a seaside resort city in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur|Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur]], Southeastern France. It is located on the [[French Riviera]] between [[Cannes]] and [[Nice]]; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with [[Cap Ferrat]] in [[Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat]] to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area. The capes house the [[Hôtel du Cap|Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc]] and [[Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat]] respectively, widely considered two of the most exclusive hotels in the world.<ref name="LF">Chanial, Jean-Pierre. [https://www.lefigaro.fr/voyages/2014/06/11/30003-20140611ARTFIG00027-cap-eden-roc-100ans-de-legende.php "Cap-Eden-Roc, 100 ans de légende"], ''[[Le Figaro]]'' {{in lang|fr}}, 11 June 2014.</ref><ref>Mohn, Tanya. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2015/04/23/grand-hotel-du-cap-ferrat-on-mediterranean-coastline-to-become-four-seasons-property/ "Grand-Hôtel Du Cap-Ferrat On Mediterranean Coastline To Become Four Seasons Property"], ''Forbes'', 23 April 2015.</ref>

The resort town of [[Juan-les-Pins]] is in the commune of Antibes; the [[Sophia Antipolis]] technology park is northwest of it. In 2020, the commune had a population of 74,709, making it Alpes-Maritimes's second-most populated.

==History==
===Origins===
Traces of occupation dating back to the early [[Iron Age]] have been found<ref name="Arcelin">Patrice Arcelin, Antibes (A.-M.). Chapelle du Saint-Esprit. In : Guyon (J.), Heijmans (M.) éd. – ''D’un monde à l’autre. Naissance d’une Chrétienté en Provence (IV<sup>e</sup>-VI<sup>e</sup> siècle)''. Arles, 2001, {{p.|179}} (catalogue d’exposition du musée de l’Arles antique).</ref> in the areas of the [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|castle]] and [[Antibes Cathedral|cathedral]]. Remains beneath the Holy Spirit Chapel show there was an indigenous community with ties with Mediterranean populations, including the Etruscans, as evidenced by the presence of numerous underwater amphorae and wrecks off Antibes.<ref>[Exposition. Marseille, musée d'histoire de Marseille. 2002-2003] ''Les Étrusques en mer: épaves d'Antibes à Marseille'' / sous la dir. de Luc Long, Patrice Pomey, Jean-Christophe Sourisseau. - Marseille : Musées de Marseille; Aix-en-Provence : Edisud, 2002. p 139</ref> However, most trade was with the Greek world, via the [[Phocaean]]s of Marseille.

===Greek colony of Marseille===
{{Further|Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul}}
Antibes was founded as a [[Colonies in antiquity|Greek colony]] by [[Phocaeans]] from [[Marseille|Massalia]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}<ref>{{citation |last=Freely |first=John |title=The western shores of Turkey: discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=84WaOXNwWfoC&pg=PA91 91] }}.</ref> They named it '''Antipolis''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: ''{{lang|grc|Ἀντίπολις}}'', <small>{{abbr|lit.|literally}}</small>&nbsp;"Opposite-City") from its position on the opposite side of the [[Var (river)|Var]] estuary from [[Nice, France|Nice]] ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: ''{{lang|grc|Νίκαια}}'').

Current research suggests that Antipolis was founded relatively late in classical Greek period (4th century BC), to benefit from the protection of Marseille with its trade routes along the coast and strongholds like Olbia at [[Hyères]], and trading posts such as Antipolis itself and later Nikaia; it is mentioned by [[Geographica|Strabo]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911 |inline=y |wstitle=Antibes |volume=2 |pages=120-121 |last=Coolidge |first=William Augustus Brevoort |authorlink=William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge}}</ref>

The exact location of the Greek city is not well known. Given Greek colonial practices, it is likely that it was set at the foot of the rock of Antibes, in today's old city.<ref>Voyage en Massalie. 100 ans d'archéologie en Gaule du Sud. Marseille/Aix-en-Provence, musées de Marseille/Edisud, 1990, p. 142-143 (catalogue d'exposition, Marseille).</ref> 
[[File:Aqueduct Antibes Fontveille.jpg|thumb|Fontveille Aqueduct; section of underground vault]]
[[File:Antibes aquaduct.jpg|thumb|Bouillide aqueduct]]

===Late antiquity===
The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Grasse|Bishopric of Antibes]] was established c.450 by [[Pope Leo I]], the first two bishops being Armentarius and [[Agroecius, bishop of Antibes|Agroecius]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876|publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |page=52 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref><ref name="EB1911"/>

===Middle Ages===
The dust eventually settled to leave Antibes within the territory of the [[County of Provence]], itself part of the [[Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles]] and from 1033 the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. In the tenth century the coastal areas of Provence were menaced by '[[Saracen]]' raiders from [[al-Andalus|Muslim Spain]], who were finally driven out when [[William I of Provence|Count William I of Provence]] captured their stronghold at [[Fraxinetum]] in 975. William rewarded the knights who had fought for him in this campaign by [[Feudalism|enfeoffing]] them with the liberated lands in southern Provence. One of these knights was a certain Rodoald, who became Lord of Antibes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |pages=64–8 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref>

Rodoald's great-grandson Raimbaud appears to have relocated inland to [[Grasse]] around 1050, and {{ill|House of Grasse|lt=his descendants|fr|Maison de Grasse (seigneurs d'Antibes)}} sold the Lordship of Antibes to the bishopric during the episcopate of Bishop Bertrand (fl.1166-76).<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |page=80 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |pages=70–80 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref>

During this period Antibes was still being raided periodically by Saracen pirates, and in 1124 they burned down [[Antibes Cathedral]]. The marauders continued to prey on the town over the following century, and in 1244 the Prince-Bishops of Antibes moved to Grasse to escape their depredations. They [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Grasse|remained there for the next five centuries]], despite an attempt to lure them back to Antibes by rebuilding the cathedral in 1250.<ref name="auto1">{{cite book |last=Carli |first=Félicien |title=Antibes: A Short History of Architecture |date=December 2017 |publisher=Éditions due Cardo |page=17 |isbn=978-2-37786-006-7}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/en/discover/antibes-juan-les-pins-a-mediterranean-city/antibes-juan-les-pins-a-rich-history |title=Antibes Juan-les-Pins, a rich history |website=Antibes Juan-les-Pins |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Coolidge|1911}}

When the [[Western Schism]] began in 1378, splitting the Catholic world between two rival popes, the Bishop of Grasse backed [[Pope Urban VI]] even though [[Marie of Blois, Duchess of Anjou|Marie de Blois]], mother of and regent to the infant [[Louis II of Anjou|Count Louis II of Provence]], was a supporter of Urban's enemy [[Antipope Clement VII]]. In 1383 Marie therefore confiscated the Lordship of Antibes from the Bishops of Grasse and two years later awarded it to the brothers Marc and Luc Grimaldi, of the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] [[House of Grimaldi]]. The new Grimaldi lords built the [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Château Grimaldi]] as their residence in the town.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |pages=121–3 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref>

After the deaths of the Grimaldi brothers (Marc in 1398 and Luc in 1409), control of the Lordship of Antibes passed to five co-heirs. As a result of this fragmentation of power, the actions of individual local lords became increasingly irrelevant to the town's history, with the higher authority of the Count of Provence assuming greater significance instead.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |pages=131–5 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref>

===Early Modern era===
[[File:Fort carre in Antibes France.jpg|thumb|[[Fort Carré]]]]
With the death in 1481 of [[Charles IV of Anjou|Count Charles III]], Provence was inherited by King [[Louis XI]] and thereby annexed to [[Kingdom of France|France]]. As Antibes was in the far southeast of the County of Provence it therefore became the border town at France's southeastern extremity, guarding the frontier with the [[County of Nice]], which was part of the [[Savoyard state]]. As such it was on the front line during the [[Italian Wars]] waged by France against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles V]], and was sacked in 1536 by [[Andrea Doria]], a Genoese admiral in imperial service.<ref name="auto"/> [[Henry II of France]] therefore ordered the construction of [[Fort Carré]] in 1550 to guard the town against any future attacks, and the citadel was later reinforced by the renowned French military engineer [[Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban|Vauban]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Carli |first=Félicien |title=Antibes: A Short History of Architecture |date=December 2017 |publisher=Éditions due Cardo |pages=30–1 |isbn=978-2-37786-006-7}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

In December 1746, during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]], an [[Habsburg monarchy|Austro]]-[[Savoyard state|Savoyard]] army under the command of [[Maximilian Ulysses Browne]] invaded France and [[Siege of Antibes|besieged Antibes]], subjecting the town to a heavy bombardment. The arrival of French reinforcements, and a revolt against the Austrian garrison at [[Genoa]], obliged Browne to lift the siege on 1 February 1747, but by that point his guns had levelled 350 houses and also destroyed the cathedral again. The latter was subsequently rebuilt by [[Louis XV]], and this version of the building is the one that has survived to the present day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tisserand |first=Eugène |title=Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution |date=1876 |publisher=Éditions des Régionalismes |pages=302–8 |isbn=978-2-8240-0609-3}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

===Modern era===
[[File:ETH-BIB-Antibes-LBS H1-020713 (cropped).tif|thumb|Aerial view of Antibes in 1957, before the expansion of [[Port Vauban]]]]
[[File:Antibes - Hôtel de ville -3.jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Antibes|Hôtel de Ville]]]]
On 1 March 1815, [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] landed on the beach at [[Golfe-Juan]], {{convert|5|km|mi}} southwest of Antibes, having escaped exile on the island of [[Elba]]. He hoped for a warm welcome in Antibes, which had been supportive of [[First French Empire|his regime]], but the townspeople closed their gates to him and he was therefore obliged to move on northward without stopping. He successfully reached [[Paris]] and seized power again, only to be conclusively defeated at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. Today [[Golfe-Juan]] marks the beginning of the [[Route Napoléon]], which traces the path taken by the emperor on his return from exile.<ref name="auto"/> The [[Hôtel de Ville, Antibes|Hôtel de Ville]] was erected in Cours Masséna in 1828.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Isz_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 |title=D'Antipolis à Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, Biot, Golfe-Juan, Vallauris|first1=Henri|last1= Bordas|first2=Paul|last2= Méjean|year=1969|page=164|publisher=Réédition numérique FeniXX|isbn=978-2047605608}}</ref>

[[File:Aerial view of Antibes in 2012 (2).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Antibes, 2012]]

Antibes was transferred from its former [[French department|department]] of [[Var (department)|Var]] to the new one of [[Alpes-Maritimes]] in 1860.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} The harbor was again used for a "considerable" fishing industry and the area exported [[dried fruit]], [[salt fish]], and [[cooking oil|oil]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}

By the [[First World War]], it had been connected by rail with Nice and most of its fortifications had been demolished to make way for new residential districts.{{sfn|Coolidge|1911}} In 1926, the old [[Château Grimaldi (Antibes)|Château Grimaldi]] was bought by the local municipality and later restored for use as a museum. For six months in 1946, it was the home of the famous artist [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nwJsF3GF_PoC&pg=PA101 |title=Orgasmic Days in the South of France|first= Barbara|last= Keller|year= 2000|publisher=Unlimited Publishing|isbn=978-0967764962|page=101}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/may/26/picasso-antibes-age-of-renewal |title=Picasso finds new lease of life in Antibes|date= 26 May 2009|newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/travel/24cultured.html |title=On Picasso's Trail, From Antibes to Avignon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 May 2009| access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>

==Culture==
===Conservation===
On 25 May 1999, the town was the first in the [[Departments of France|department]] to sign the State Environment Charter, which pledges to actively conserve the natural environment.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

===Sports===
Sport is an important part of the local culture; the town hosts the National Training Centre for basketball. The now demolished [[Jean Bunoz Sports Hall]] hosted several games of the [[1999 FIBA EuroBasket]]. The city is home to [[Olympique Antibes]], a professional basketball team of France's top division [[LNB Pro A]], which plays its home games at the [[Azur Arena Antibes]].

The local [[association football|football]] team is [[FC Antibes]], who play at the [[Stade du Fort Carré]], best known for when it hosted one game of the [[1938 World Cup]], between [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]].

The town is also home to the [[Antibes 6 Day Race]] and the Antibes Yacht Show.

The town has various athletic associations and host a fair in September at Fort Carré that allows residents to meet the various athletic associations and explore their offerings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.antibes-juanlespins.com/information/agenda/fete-jeunesse-et-sports-2024 | title=Fête Jeunesse et Sports 2024 | work=Antibes Juan-les-Pins : Site Internet | last1=Juan-Les-Pins | first1=Antibes }}</ref>

===Theatre and music===
The Théâtre Antibea, Théâtre des Heures Bleues and Café Théâtre la Scène sur Mer all offer a variety of performances from orchestra music to dramatic plays. Music of all types, from live jazz to DJs spinning techno, can be found in the bars and nightclubs and there are a number of festivals and special outdoor concerts during the summer. Jazz is still the speciality around here.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

[[M83 (band)|M83]] (an electronic band) hails from Antibes.

===Festivals===
[[File:Antibes, modern sculpture.JPG|thumb|right|''Le Nomade'', by [[:Jaume Plensa]], Bastion St-Jaume, Antibes]]
Antibes and Juan les Pins host a number of festivals, mainly during the summer months. There's not much in the way of traditional cultural festivals in Antibes; most of the festivals focus on music and contemporary activities.
* '''[[Jazz à Juan]]''' Since its inception in 1960, the festival has attracted many jazz artists each year to play outdoors. (July).
* '''Antibes Yacht Show'''
* '''The Antique Show of Antibes''' attracts thousands of collectors for two weeks in April.
* '''Voiles d'Antibes''' is one of the world's biggest gatherings of old teak and brass sailing vessels.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} They converge on the port for one of the most regal regattas in the Mediterranean (June).
* '''The Saint Peter Celebrations'''<ref>{{Cite web |date= 28 January 2019|title=Saint-Pierre celebrations - Antibes {{!}} Office of Tourism official website |url=https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/en/must-see-must-do/going-out/diary-all-the-events/saint-pierre-celebrations-2031710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418153704/https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/en/must-see-must-do/going-out/diary-all-the-events/saint-pierre-celebrations-2031710 |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date= |website=www.antibesjuanlespins.com}}</ref> is the annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen. A colourful procession through the town is followed by all the local fishermen adorning their boats and floating along the coast (June).
* '''The Festival of Notre Dame de Bon Port''' begins on the first Thursday of July and continues to the following Sunday, celebrating Notre Dame de Bon Port, the local manifestation of [[Mary, mother of Jesus|the Virgin Mary]]. At sunrise on the Thursday a mass is held in the chapel next to the Garoupe lighthouse and fishermen dressed in traditional [[sailor suit|sailors' outfits]] subsequently carry the statue of Notre Dame de Bon Port from the chapel (where it resides for most of the year) down the Chemin de Calvaire to [[Antibes Cathedral]] at the head of a large procession. The statue remains in the cathedral for the remaining four days of the festival, which includes multiple masses, a torchlit procession through the town on the Saturday evening, and parties at which [[pissaladière]] is traditionally eaten.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.06-only.fr/evenementiel/fetes-de-notre-dame-de-bon-port-antibes-2019/ |title=Fêtes de Notre Dame de Bon Port |website=06-only.fr |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.riviera-ports.com/en/evenement/fetes-de-notre-dame-de-bon-port |title=FÊTES DE NOTRE-DAME DE BON-PORT |website=RivieraPorts |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''The Festival of Sacred Music''' takes place in Antibes Cathedral, which has renowned acoustics. Sacred music is the theme of this popular festival, which attracts huge crowds each year (January).

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|951|Antibes}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-06004#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |4135
|1800 |5270
|1806 |4792
|1821 |5095
|1831 |5565
|1836 |5939
|1841 |5615
|1846 |5976
|1851 |6163
|1856 |6657
|1861 |6829
|1866 |6064
|1872 |6843
|1876 |6752
|1881 |5923
|1886 |6461
|1891 |7401
|1896 |9329
|1901 |10947
|1906 |11753
|1911 |12198
|1921 |12768
|1926 |20456
|1931 |26071
|1936 |25014
|1946 |23574
|1954 |27064
|1962 |35439
|1968 |47547
|1975 |55960
|1982 |62859
|1990 |70005
|1999 |72412
|2007 |75770
|2012 |75568
|2017 |72999
}}

== Politics ==

=== Presidential elections second round ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Winning candidate!!Party!!%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!}}" |
| [[2022 French presidential election|2022]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/antibes-06004/|title=Résultats élections: Antibes |website=Le Monde.fr}}</ref>
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[En Marche!|EM]]
| 54.40
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!}}" |
| [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[En Marche!|EM]]
| 59.38
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
| [[2012 French presidential election|2012]]
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 67.19
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
| [[2007 French presidential election|2007]]
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 70.89
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| 72.68
|}

==Sights==

===Beaches===
[[File:Antibes Beach.jpg|thumb|Plage de la Gravette, as seen from the city's walls]]
<!-- [[File:Fort Carré, Antibes.jpg|thumb|The [[Fort Carré]]]] -->
[[File:Pinguini_Z.JPG|thumb|[[Penguin]]s at [[Marineland of Antibes|Marineland]]]]

There are 48 beaches along the {{convert|25|km|abbr=in}} of coastline that surround Antibes and Juan les Pins.

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===Museums===
; Archaeology Museum: This museum sits atop the Promenade Amiral de Grasse in the old Bastion St Andre, a 17th-century fortress. The museum's collection focuses on the classical history of Antibes. Many artifacts, sculptures and [[amphora]]e found in local digs and shipwrecks from the harbour are displayed here.
; Naval Museum of Napoleon: Housed in a 17th-century stone fort and tower, this museum presents a collection of Napoleonic memorabilia, paintings and naval models. Several wall paintings show historic moments in Napoleon's reign and there are also pieces of his clothing including one of the hats he wore.
; Picasso Museum: The [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso Museum]] houses one of the world's greatest Picasso collections: 24 paintings, 44 drawings, 32 lithographs, 11 oils on paper, 80 pieces of ceramics, two sculptures and five tapestries.
; La Tour Museum: This small museum in the centre of town brings the contemporary history of Antibes to life through its exhibit of costumes, tools, photographs and other objects used by the local people.
; Absinthe Museum: The [[Absinthe]] Museum is located in a basement in the Roman foundations of Old Antibes. It is dedicated to the manufacture and appreciation of this green liqueur.

===Parks and gardens===
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2023}}
; The Exflora Park: The Exflora Park is a five-hectare ({{convert|5|ha|disp=output only}}) garden open to the public. Next to the large olive grove, there are different styles of Mediterranean gardens, from ancient Rome to the exuberant Riviera of the 19th century. Fountains and ponds stretch along the terrace, making a waterway {{convert|500|m}} long. Antibes is renowned for rose production, and rose bushes line the path leading to the sea. The exotic garden and palm grove is reminiscent of the [[belle époque]],{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} when English gardeners succeeded in planting flowers that bloom in winter, the season when the aristocracy visited the [[Côte d'Azur]].
: A little further on is the Théâtre de Verdure, inspired by Italian gardens, and a panoramic viewpoint with a view of the sea and the Iles des Lerins. In the style of Provençal gardens of the 18th century, there is a maze with sculpted hedges. Further on, Islamic gardens are featured, with an orange grove where the ground is patterned with terracotta irrigation pipes similar to those in the celebrated [[Seville Cathedral]] in Spain. The vegetable gardens and orchards in the Arsat are planted in hollows as in [[Morocco]] to protect them from the sun and maximise shadow and humidity. A representation of a Moroccan house pays homage to the painter Majorelle, creator of the blue garden in [[Marrakesh]]. In another area, the winter garden contains plants that flower in winter, such as [[mimosa]] and [[camellia]]s.
; The Eilenroc Gardens: Villa Eilenroc was built on a rock in the middle of a virtual desert. The area was transformed into a garden through the patience and talent of [[Jacques Greber]], landscape architect and consultant to the Great Exhibition in [[New York City]] in 1939. He was commissioned by Mr Beaumont to create this park of {{convert|11|ha}}.
: The gardens lie thirty metres above the sea with a view across the bay of the Cap. Planted with traditional Mediterranean species such as marine and parasol pines, Alep and Canary pines, [[cypress]], [[oak]]s, [[olive]] trees, [[arbutus]], [[lavender]], [[thyme]], [[rosemary]], [[eucalyptus]], [[ficus]] etc., as well as three kilometres ({{convert|3|km|abbr=off|disp=output only}}) of [[pittosporum]] hedges, a whole part of the park has been created with plants found in the Antibes area in 1920.
; Thuret Park: In 1857, Gustave Thuret discovered the Cap d'Antibes and bought five hectares ({{convert|5|ha|disp=output only}}) of land where he built a villa and began the creation of a park. Bequeathed to the state by his heirs, the [[Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret]] is now managed by the INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research). The collection of trees and exotic plants, and the rich earth, provide many opportunities for learning, and the cross-fertilisation of plant species that grow on the Mediterranean coast.
; Marineland: In 1970, Roland de la Poype created this animal exhibition park called [[Marineland (Antibes)|Marineland]] in Antibes. First, it was a small oceanarium with a few pools and animals, but now it is one of the biggest in the world and receives more than 1,200,000 visitors per year. It is the only French sea park featuring two cetacean species: killer whales and dolphins.

===Garoupe Lighthouse===
[[File:Phare de la Garoupe.jpg|thumb|Garoupe Lighthouse]]
The old lighthouse of Antibes provides views from its lofty hilltop. To get here, you must walk about one kilometre up the Chemin de Calvaire from the Plage de la Salis.

===Church of the Immaculate Conception (Antibes Cathedral)===
[[File:Cathedrale Antibes.jpg|thumb|upright 1|Church of the Immaculate Conception]]
The [[Antibes Cathedral]] was first built by Bishop Armentarius in the fifth century. It was destroyed multiple times during its history, notably by Saracen pirates in 1124 and by Austrian bombardment during the 1746-7 [[Siege of Antibes]]. Its current façade dates to the rebuilding that followed the latter catastrophe, and blends Latin classical symmetry and religious fantasy. The interior houses some impressive pieces such as a Baroque altarpiece and life-sized wooden carving of Christ's death from 1447.

===Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc===
This large villa, set in "a forest" at the tip of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula, re-creates a 19th-century château. Since 1870 (then called Villa Soleil) the glamorous white-walled [[Hôtel du Cap]] on the French Riviera has been one of the most storied and luxurious resorts in the world.<ref name="LF"/> Guests who flocked there included [[Marlene Dietrich]], the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor|Duke]] and [[Wallis, Duchess of Windsor|Duchess]] of [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton]] conducted an affair and honeymooned there.
{{Further|Villa La Vigie, Juan-les-Pins}}

===Ports===
[[File:Antibes Port Vauban 01.jpg|thumb|upright=2|[[Port Vauban]], the main port of Antibes]]
There are many yachting harbours which provide moorings for a range of ships ranging from fishing vessels to full sized yachts.

* Port Vauban: The largest yachting harbour in Europe, with more than 2,000 moorings, can accommodate craft of more than 100 metres. This old port was the heart of the ancient Greek city of Antipolis and has a long and colourful history which includes Ligurians, Romans and Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land. Today, it is the largest marina in Europe, serving both local fishing boats and luxury yachts.
* Port Galice: 542 moorings
* Port de la Salis: 233 moorings
* Port du Croûton: 390 moorings
* Port de l'Olivette: Situated in the sheltered cove of the same name, this is a harbour for sailors and their wooden fishing boats who enjoy the old marine, provencal traditions.

[[File:Château Grimaldi, Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.jpg|thumb|City walls of Antibes by the sea shore]]
[[File:Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, France.jpg|thumb|The view of the Gulf of Antibes]]

==Climate==
Antibes experiences a [[Mediterranean climate]]. On average, it experiences 7.9 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, no days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|-10|C|F|1}}, no days per year with a maximum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, and 28.2 days per year with a maximum temperature above {{convert|30|C|F|1}}. The record high temperature was {{convert|38.5|C|F|1}} on 17 July 2003 and 1 August 2006, while the record low temperature was {{convert|-4.4|C|F|1}} on 1 March 2005.<ref name = Meteociel/>

{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Antibes (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1988–present)
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan record high C = 22.8
|Feb record high C = 26.3
|Mar record high C = 26.0
|Apr record high C = 28.0
|May record high C = 31.8
|Jun record high C = 35.8
|Jul record high C = 38.5
|Aug record high C = 38.5
|Sep record high C = 33.9
|Oct record high C = 31.0
|Nov record high C = 27.0
|Dec record high C = 23.2
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = 13.5
|Feb high C = 13.9
|Mar high C = 16.2
|Apr high C = 18.5
|May high C = 22.3
|Jun high C = 26.3
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 29.6
|Sep high C = 25.9
|Oct high C = 21.6
|Nov high C = 17.2
|Dec high C = 14.3
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 8.8
|Feb mean C = 9.1
|Mar mean C = 11.4
|Apr mean C = 13.8
|May mean C = 17.6
|Jun mean C = 21.5
|Jul mean C = 24.4
|Aug mean C = 24.3
|Sep mean C = 20.8
|Oct mean C = 17.0
|Nov mean C = 12.7
|Dec mean C = 9.7
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 4.2
|Feb low C = 4.3
|Mar low C = 6.5
|Apr low C = 9.0
|May low C = 12.8
|Jun low C = 16.7
|Jul low C = 19.1
|Aug low C = 19.1
|Sep low C = 15.7
|Oct low C = 12.4
|Nov low C = 8.2
|Dec low C = 5.0
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = -4.0
|Feb record low C = -3.4
|Mar record low C = -4.4
|Apr record low C = 0.3
|May record low C = 4.1
|Jun record low C = 8.8
|Jul record low C = 11.9
|Aug record low C = 11.7
|Sep record low C = 7.0
|Oct record low C = 0.5
|Nov record low C = -2.8
|Dec record low C = -3.3
|year record low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 88.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 59.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 58.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 74.0
|May precipitation mm = 47.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 30.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 17.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 24.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 89.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 132.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 155.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 103.0
|year precipitation mm = 
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.3
|Feb precipitation days = 5.1
|Mar precipitation days = 5.2
|Apr precipitation days = 6.8
|May precipitation days = 4.9
|Jun precipitation days = 3.6
|Jul precipitation days = 1.8
|Aug precipitation days = 2.5
|Sep precipitation days = 4.8
|Oct precipitation days = 7.4
|Nov precipitation days = 8.6
|Dec precipitation days = 6.2
|year precipitation days =

|source 1 = Meteociel<ref name = Meteociel>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=6004009&normes=2020
|publisher = Meteociel.fr
|title = 1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Antibes
|access-date = May 21, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Shopping==
* Marché Provençal<ref>{{cite web|first=Lina|last=Goldberg|url=http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/shop/worlds-best-fresh-markets-316265|title=10 of the world's best fresh markets|work=CNN Travel|date=24 February 2013|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref>

==Transport==
The [[Antibes station]] is the railway station serving the town, offering connections to [[Nice]], [[Cannes]], [[Marseille]], [[Grasse]], [[Saint-Raphaël, Var]], [[Les Arcs]], [[Milan]], [[Ventimiglia]], [[Paris]] and several other destinations. This railway station is in the centre of town. There is another railway station, [[Juan-les-Pins station|Juan-les-Pins]]. The nearest airports are [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport]] and [[Cannes Airport]].

==Notable people==
=== Born in Antibes ===
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*[[Jacques Audiberti]] (1899–1965), playwright, poet and novelist, [[Theatre of the Absurd]]
*[[Jacques Barnaud]] (1893–1962), banker and businessman
*[[Léon Barnaud]] (1845–1909), naval officer
*[[Claire Bertrand]] (born 1982), motorcycle trials rider
*[[Julie Blaise]] (born 1975), swimmer
*[[Alexandra Borchio-Fontimp]] (born 1981), journalist and politician
*[[Nicolas Boukhrief]] (born 1963), screenwriter, film director
*[[Christian Damiano]] (born 1950), football player and manager
*[[Joseph-David de Barquier]] (1757–1844), commander from the French Revolution
*[[Ignazio Dracopoli]] (1887–1923), Anglo–French cartographer and explorer
*[[Laurent Gagnier]] (born 1979), footballer
*[[Christophe Gans]] (born 1961), film director, producer and screenwriter
*[[Jean-Pierre Gattuso]] (born 1958), ocean scientist
*[[Yann Gonzalez]] (born 1977), filmmaker
*[[Laurent Gras (chef)|Laurent Gras]] (born 1965), chef
*[[Franck Iacono]] (born 1966), swimmer
*[[Christophe Kalfayan]], (born 1969), swimmer
*[[Laurent Landi]] (born 1977), gymnastics coach and former gymnast
*[[Kamel Larbi (footballer)|Kamel Larbi]] (born 1985), footballer
*[[Marcel Lucien]] (1902–1958), cinematographer
*[[André Masséna]] (1758–1817), Napoleonic general and [[Marshal of the Empire]]
*[[François Victor Massena, 3rd Duke of Rivoli]] (1799–1863), amateur ornithologist, son of André
*[[Marie-Louise Meilland]] (1920–1987), rose breeder
*[[Judith Miller (philosopher)|Judith Miller]] (1941–2017), psychoanalyst and philosopher
*[[David Milinković]] (born 1994), footballer
*[[Antoine Joseph Monneron]] (1736–1815), merchant and businessman
*[[Charles Claude Ange Monneron]] (1735–1799), businessman, banker and politician
*[[Guillaume Musso]] (born 1974), novelist
*[[Coline-Marie Orliac]] (born 1989), harpist
*[[Éric Pauget]] (born 1970), politician
*[[Henri Proglio]] (born 1949), businessman
*[[Honoré Charles Reille]] (1775–1860), [[Marshal of France]]
*[[Eric Ripert]] (born 1965), chef, author and television personality
*[[Prince Dimitri Romanov]] (1926–2016), descendant of Russia's former ruling dynasty, a banker, philanthropist and author
*[[Pierre Sansot]] (1928–2005), anthropologist and sociologist
*[[Paul Signac]] (1863–1935), painter
*[[Halima Soussi]] (born 1965), basketball player
*[[Sabine Sun]] (1933–2014), actress
*[[Honoré Tournély]] (1658–1729), Catholic theologian, a [[Catholic Church in France|Gallican]] opponent of [[Jansenism]]
*[[Luc-Arthur Vebobe]] (born 1980), basketball player
*[[Honoré Vial]] (1766–1813), military leader and diplomat in the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]
*[[John Wilkins (basketball)|John Wilkins]] (born 1989), basketballer
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=== Lived or living in Antibes ===
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*[[Harold Ambellan]] (1912–2006), American sculptor
*[[Mehdi Bahmad]], Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[Madeleine Bayon]] (born 1997), gymnast
*[[Cassandre Beaugrand]] (born 1997), triathlete
*[[Anna-Eva Bergman]] (1909–1987), Norwegian artist
*[[Gustave Boissonade]] (1825–1910), legal scholar
*[[Alizée Costes]] (born 1994), gymnast
*[[Mike Cumberlege]] (1905–1945), Royal Navy officer
*[[Camille Curti]] (born 1999), gymnast
*[[George Davison (photographer)|George Davison]] (1854–1930), English photographer
*[[Édouard Delaporte]] (1909–1983), painter, architect and sculptor
*[[Noé Delpech]] (born 1986), sailor
*[[Frances Scott Fitzgerald]] (1921–1986), American writer and journalist, daughter of Zelda and Scott
*[[Zelda Fitzgerald]] (1900–1948), American novelist, painter and socialite
*[[Paul Gallico]] (1897–1976), American novelist
*[[Graham Greene]] (1904–1991), English writer and journalist; lived in Antibes in his later years
*[[Gloria Guinness]] (1912–1980), Mexican socialite and fashion and cultural icon
*[[Lilian Harvey]] (1906–1968), British-German actress and singer
*[[Nikos Kazantzakis]] (1883–1957), writer of ''[[Zorba the Greek]]''; owned a villa in Old Town
*[[Élie Lévy]] (1895–1945), medical doctor
*[[Chris Lilley (computer scientist)|Chris Lilley]] (born 1959), British computer scientist
*[[Ruth Madoff]] (born 1941), wife of [[Bernie Madoff]]
*[[Alexis Martin (gymnast)|Alexis Martin]] (born 1994), gymnast
*[[Claire Martin (gymnast)|Claire Martin]] (born 1998), gymnast
*[[Daniil Medvedev]] (born 1996), tennis player
*[[Gerald and Sara Murphy]] (1888–1964 & 1883–1975), wealthy expatriate Americans credited with establishing the French Riviera as a summer resort
*[[Noémie Nadaud]] (born 1995), gymnast
*[[Francisco Negrín]] (born 1963), creative director
*[[Aristotle Onassis]] (1906–1975), Greek shipping magnate
*[[Brynhild Parker]] (1907–1987), British artist
*[[Stephen Roche]] (born 1959), Irish cyclist
*[[Gérard Souzay]] (1918–2004), baritone
*[[Alfred Wotquenne]] (1867–1935), Belgian musical bibliographer
*[[Nemo Zhou]] (born 2000), Canadian chess player
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==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Antibes is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Antibes Jumelages|url=https://antibesjumelages.org/|website=antibesjumelages.org|publisher=Association Antibes Jumelages|language=fr|access-date=2021-04-23}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg Municipality|Aalborg]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Desenzano del Garda]], Italy
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eilat]], Israel
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Kinsale]], Ireland
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]], Russia
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]], United States
*{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], Greece
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Schwäbisch Gmünd]], Germany
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==See also==
* [[Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department]]
* [[Tour Grimaldi]]
* [[Notre Dame de la Garoupe]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Antibes}}
{{Wikivoyage|Antibes}}
*{{official|https://www.antibesjuanlespins.com/}}
*{{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Antibes |volume=2  |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |pages=124}}

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