Mouans-Sartoux

Mouans-Sartoux
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Mouans-Sartoux
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Coordinates: 43°37′16″N 6°58′21″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Grasse-2
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Grasse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Aschieri[1]
Area ^1	13.52 km^2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	10,531
• Density	780/km^2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Mouansois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06084 /06370
Elevation	40–321 m (131–1,053 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouans-Sartoux (French pronunciation: [mwɑ̃ saʁtu]; known in Occitan as Moans e Sartòu or Moans e Sartol) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The inhabitants are called Mouansois. The commune of Sartoux was combined with the commune of Mouans, to take the combined name of Mouans-Sartoux by order of Napoleon III on 28 March 1858.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 438 —     1800 443 +0.16% 1806 485 +1.52% 1821 635 +1.81% 1831 650 +0.23% 1836 672 +0.67% 1841 720 +1.39% 1846 716 −0.11% 1851 729 +0.36% 1856 715 −0.39% 1861 930 +5.40% 1866 966 +0.76% 1872 986 +0.34% 1876 894 −2.42% 1881 1,005 +2.37% 1886 1,018 +0.26% 1891 1,028 +0.20% 1896 984 −0.87%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 989 +0.10% 1906 1,062 +1.43% 1911 1,129 +1.23% 1921 1,144 +0.13% 1926 1,331 +3.07% 1931 1,364 +0.49% 1936 1,202 −2.50% 1946 1,188 −0.12% 1954 1,475 +2.74% 1962 2,047 +4.18% 1968 2,873 +5.81% 1975 3,599 +3.27% 1982 5,119 +5.16% 1990 7,989 +5.72% 1999 8,889 +1.19% 2007 10,331 +1.90% 2012 10,214 −0.23% 2017 9,701 −1.03%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Politics

Since 1974, the different mayors have been keen on promoting environment-friendly actions.^[5] They notably bought a farm to grow organic vegetables for the school canteens and hired the farmer, which then has a public servant status, a unique fact in France.

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mouans-Sartoux, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Camille Labro (12 October 2017). "Des légumes bio du potager à la cantine". lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017..