La Valette-du-Var

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Valette-du-Var

(2020–2026) Thierry Albertini^[1]Area

15.5 km² (6.0 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

23,955 • Density1,500/km² (4,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83144 /83160

Elevation37–701 m (121–2,300 ft)
(avg. 64 m or 210 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Valette-du-Var (Provençal Occitan: La Valeta) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

Notable people

The village cemetery contains the grave of Joseph Pujol, who died in 1945 and who, under his stage name of "Le Pétomane", was a famous flatulist.

Twin towns – sister cities

La Valette-du-Var is twinned with:^[5]

Bocșa, Romania (1990)
Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Poland (2005)
Liévin, France (2001)
Novocherkassk, Russia (1992)
Somma Lombardo, Italy (1997)
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany (1974)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Valette-du-Var, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage". lavalette83.fr (in French). La Valette-du-Var. Retrieved 2021-04-14.