La Colle-sur-Loup explained

La Colle-sur-Loup
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason LaColle-sur-Loup.svg
Arrondissement:	Grasse
Canton:	Villeneuve-Loubet
Insee:	06044
Postal Code:	06480
Mayor:	Jean-Bernard Mion^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Sophia Antipolis
Coordinates:	43.6872°N 7.1044°W
Elevation Min M:	10
Elevation Max M:	351
Area Km2:	9.82

La Colle-sur-Loup (in French pronounced as /la kɔl syʁ lu/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sa Còla de Lop) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Notable residents

• Jean-François-Maxime Raybaud (1795–1894), a philhellene officer, writer, and a participant in the War of Independence of Greece.
• Bernard Collomb (1930–2011), race car driver, lived in the town after his retirement from racing
• Daniel Pennac (born 1944), writer, spent part of his childhood in the town
• Jean-Pierre Teisseire (born 1940), politician and professional football player, was born in La Colle-sur-Loup

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.