| Juan-les-Pins | |
| Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Pushpin Map1: | France |
| Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location within France |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  France |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name3: | Grasse |
| Subdivision Type4: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name4: | Antibes-1 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Antibes |
| Population Total: | 60000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 43.5711°N 7.1094°W |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 06600 |
Juan-les-Pins (in French pronounced as /ʒɥɑ̃ le pɛ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Joan dei Pins) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, it is situated between Nice and Cannes, 13km (08miles) to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Juan-les-Pins is a major holiday destination popular with the international jet set, with a casino, nightclubs and beaches.[1] It is served by Juan-les-Pins station on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.
Situated west of the town of Antibes on the western slope of the ridge, halfway to the old fishery village of Golfe-Juan (where Napoleon landed in 1815), it had been an area with many stone pine trees (French: pins in French), where the inhabitants of Antibes used to go for a promenade, for a picnic in the shadow of the stone pine trees or to collect tree branches and cones for their stoves.
The village was given the name Juan-les-Pins on 12 March 1882. The spelling Juan, used instead of the customary French spelling, Jean, derives from the local Occitan dialect. Other names discussed for the town include Héliopolis, Antibes-les-Pins and Albany-les-Pins (after the Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen Victoria).
The following year, 1883, it was decided to build a railway station in Juan-les-Pins on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) line that had been there since 1863.
In 1926, the famous hotel Le Provençal was opened and received guests like Charlie Chaplin, Lilian Harvey, Jack L. Warner and Man Ray.[2]
See main article: Jazz à Juan.
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