La Turbie
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La Turbie | |
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Coordinates: 43°44′47″N 7°24′06″E / 43.7464°N 7.4017°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Nice |
Canton | Beausoleil |
Intercommunality | CA Riviera Française |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Jacques Raffaele[1] |
Area 1 | 7.42 km2 (2.86 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,015 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06150 /06320 |
Elevation | 146–658 m (479–2,159 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Turbie (French pronunciation: .
History
La Turbie was famous in Roman times for the large monument, the
It was alternatively part of
La Turbie is the cradle of automobile mountain races.
From 1968 to 1995, nearly the same route was used for the last stage of the cyclist race Paris-Nice (excepting 1977). This time trial often decided the final winner of Paris-Nice. In 1972, Raymond Poulidor defeated Eddy Merckx, who had defeated Jacques Anquetil three years before. Sean Kelly, seven-time winner of Paris-Nice (1981-1988), won the La Turbie hillclimb five times.
On 13 September 1982, Princess Grace de Monaco was killed in a car accident at Cap-d'Ail, near La Turbie, but on a road called "Route de la Turbie".[4]
The commune formerly included the communes of Beausoleil and Cap-d'Ail, which was disestablished at the beginning of the 20th century. Only the old main town, around the remaining structure of the Roman Trophy of Augustus, forms the current commune.
Geography
The boundaries of La Turbie were formerly more extensive and included the territory now contained in the town of Beausoleil, formerly known as Haut-Monte-Carlo, owing to its proximity to Monaco. The commune of La Turbie retains a smaller, common boundary with part of the Principality.
La Turbie can be reached either from Cap-d'Ail on the coast or the Grand Corniche. Within the town is the
Sights
A limestone outcrop above La Turbie is called the Tête de Chien ("head of dog"), a folk etymology deriving from its former name, Testa de camp ("head of (military) camp").[5]
La Turbie is built, partly, with old stones recovered from the ruins of the Trophy of the Alpes (
to celebrate his victory over the Ligurian tribes which lived in the mountains of the area and attacked the merchants plying the Roman trade routes.The association football club AS Monaco FC have their training ground in La Turbie since 1981. The training center is located in an old quarry and has 2 natural grass pitches as well as an artificial turf "small pitch".[6]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,761 | — |
1975 | 1,826 | +0.52% |
1982 | 1,969 | +1.08% |
1990 | 2,609 | +3.58% |
1999 | 3,021 | +1.64% |
2007 | 3,160 | +0.56% |
2012 | 3,179 | +0.12% |
2017 | 3,063 | −0.74% |
2019 | 2,981 | −1.35% |
Source: INSEE[7] |
Twin towns — sister cities
La Turbie is
- Sarre, Aosta Valley, Italy
Personalities
- Prince
- Rudolf Nureyev had a residence in La Turbie until 1993.[citation needed]
In pop culture
La Turbie was one of the locations where the 1998 film Ronin was filmed.[8] La Turbie also featured as a location in the 1943 novel "Biggles Fails to Return" by author Captain W.E. Johns.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "La Turbie (Municipality, Alpes-Maritimes, France)".
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ A Book of the Riviera, Sabine Baring-Gould, 1905
- ^ "Presentation of the Training Center | Club | AS Monaco FC". www.asmonaco.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Ronin". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 14 December 2010.