Le Muy
Le Muy
Lo Muei (Occitan) | |
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The Charles Quint Tower, an historic monument which contains the Liberation Museum. | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Muy | |
Le Muy Le Muy | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′25″N 6°34′00″E / 43.4736°N 6.5667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Vidauban |
| Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Liliane Boyer[1] |
Area 1 | 66.58 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 9,882 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83086 /83490 |
| Elevation | 7–561 m (23–1,841 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Muy (French pronunciation: [lə mɥi]; Occitan: Lo Muei) is a commune in Var, a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Le Muy was one of the first places to be liberated in the Allied invasion of Southern France in August 1944. It lies to the southeast of Draguignan and north-northwest of Saint-Tropez.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,820 | — |
| 1975 | 4,280 | +1.64% |
| 1982 | 5,442 | +3.49% |
| 1990 | 7,248 | +3.65% |
| 1999 | 7,826 | +0.86% |
| 2009 | 8,983 | +1.39% |
| 2014 | 9,389 | +0.89% |
| 2020 | 9,468 | +0.14% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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