The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury.^[5] It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival.^[6] This marked the first time that an animated film opened the festival and also the first time a film in 3-D had opened the festival.

Festival line-up[link]

	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Opener	Up *		Pete Docter and Bob Peterson	United States
Closer	Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky		Jan Kounen	France

* First animated film ever to open the festival.

Films in competition[link]

The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.^[2]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Antichrist		Lars von Trier	Denmark
Bright Star		Jane Campion	United Kingdom
Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
Butchered	Kinatay	Brillante Mendoza	Philippines
Enter the Void	Soudain le vide	Gaspar Noé	France
Face	Visage	Tsai Ming-liang	Taiwan
Fish Tank		Andrea Arnold	United Kingdom
Inglourious Basterds		Quentin Tarantino	United States
In the Beginning	A l'origine	Xavier Giannoli	France
Looking for Eric		Ken Loach	United Kingdom
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo	Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo	Isabel Coixet	Spain
A Prophet	Un prophète	Jacques Audiard	France
Spring Fever	春风沉醉的晚上 Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng	Lou Ye	People's Republic of China
Taking Woodstock		Ang Lee	United States
Thirst	박쥐 Bakjwi	Park Chan-wook	South Korea
The Time That Remains	الزمن الباقي	Elia Suleiman	Palestine
Wild Grass	Les herbes folles	Alain Resnais	France
Vincere		Marco Bellocchio	Italy
Vengeance	復仇	Johnnie To	Hong Kong
The White Ribbon	Das weiße Band	Michael Haneke	Austria

Un Certain Regard[link]

The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section:^[3]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Adrift	À Deriva	Heitor Dhalia	Brazil
Air Doll	Kūki Ningyō	Hirokazu Koreeda	Japan
Dogtooth	Kynodontas	Yorgos Lanthimos	Greece
Eyes Wide Open	עיניים פקוחות	Haim Tabakman	Israel
The Father of My Children	Le père de mes enfants	Mia Hansen-Løve	France
Independence	Independencia	Raya Martin	Philippines
Irene		Alain Cavalier	France
Mother	마더	Bong Joon-ho	South Korea
No One Knows About Persian Cats	کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره	Bahman Ghobadi	Iran
Nymph	Nang Mai	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang	Thailand
Police, Adjective	Poliţist, Adjectiv	Corneliu Porumboiu	Romania
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	Push	Lee Daniels	United States
Samson and Delilah		Warwick Thornton	Australia
The Silent Army	Wit Licht	Jean van de Velde	Netherlands
Tale in the Darkness	Skazka pro temnotu	Nikolay Khomeriki	Russia
Tales from the Golden Age	Amintiri din epoca de aur	Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, and Ioana Uricaru	Romania
To Die Like a Man	Morrer Como Um Homem	João Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal
Tomorrow at Dawn	Demain dès l'aube	Denis Dercourt	France
Tsar	Царь	Pavel Lungin	Russia
The Wind Journeys	Los viajes del viento	Ciro Guerra	Colombia

Films out of competition[link]

The following films were shown out of competition:^[7]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Agora		Alejandro Amenábar	Spain
The Army of Crime	L'armée du crime	Robert Guédiguian	France
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky		Jan Kounen	France
Don't Look Back	Ne te retourne pas	Marina de Van	France
Drag Me to Hell		Sam Raimi	United States
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus		Terry Gilliam	United Kingdom
A Town Called Panic	Panique au village	Vincent Patar	France
Up		Pete Docter	United States

Special screenings[link]

The following films were given a special screening:^[8]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Ashes and Blood	Cendres et sang	Fanny Ardant	France
Jaffa		Keren Yedaya	Israel
The Thorn in the Heart	L'épine dans le coeur	Michel Gondry	France
Manila		Adolfo Alix, Jr., Raya Martin	Philippines
Tell Me Who You Are	Min Ye	Souleymane Cissé	Mali
My Neighbor, My Killer	Mon voisin, mon tueur	Anne Aghion	France
The Eye of the Storm	No Meu Lugar	Eduardo Valente	Brazil
Petition		Zhao Liang	People's Republic of China
Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles	Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes	Pierre-William Glenn	France
A Brand New Life	여행자 (Yeo-haeng-ja), Une vie toute neuve	Ounie Lecomte	South Korea

Cannes Classics[link]

The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.^[9]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Red Shoes (1948)	The Red Shoes	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger	United Kingdom
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)	Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian	Edward Yang	Taiwan
The Night of Counting the Years (1969)	Al-Momia	Shadi Abdel Salam	Egypt
The Wave (1936)	Redes	Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann	Mexico
Images from the Playground (2009)	Bilder från lekstugan	Stig Björkman	Sweden
Accident (1967)	Accident	Joseph Losey	United Kingdom
Two of the New Wave (2009)	Deux de la Vague	Emmanuel Laurent	France
Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave (2009)	Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo	Claudio Bondi	Italy
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (2009)	L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot	Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea	France
God Does Not Believe in Us Any More (1982)	An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr	Axel Corti	Austria  Germany
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)	Giù la testa	Sergio Leone	Italy
The Adventure (1960)	L'avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni	Italy  France
The Housemaid (1960)	하녀	Kim Ki-young	South Korea
The 400 Blows (1959)	Les quatre cents coups	François Truffaut	France
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)	Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot	Jacques Tati	France
Eyes Without a Face (1960)	Les yeux sans visage	Georges Franju	France
Far from Vietnam (1967)	Loin du Vietnam	Chris Marker, Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein, Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais	France
Pierrot le fou (1965)	Pierrot le fou	Jean-Luc Godard	France
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)	Signore & signori	Pietro Germi	Italy
The Molly Maguires (1970)	The Molly Maguires	Martin Ritt	United States
Victim (1961)	Victim	Basil Dearden	United Kingdom
Wake in Fright (1971)	Wake in Fright	Ted Kotcheff	Australia

Cinéfondation[link]

The following films competed in the Cinéfondation section:^[10]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
#1		Noamir Castéra	Belgium
Bába		Zuzana Kirchnerová	Czech Republic
By the Grace of God		Ralitza Petrova	United Kingdom
Chapa		Thiago Ricarte	Brazil
Diploma		Yaelle Kayam	Israel
The Boxer	El boxeador	Juan Ignacio Pollio	Argentina
Goodbye		Fang Song	People's Republic of China
Gutter		Dan Ransom Day	United States
The Naturalist	Il Naturalista	Giulia Barbera	Italy
Kasia		Elisabet Llado	Belgium
The Setback	Le Contretemps	Dominique Baumard	France
Significant Others	Malzonkowie	Dara Van Dusen	Poland
Don't Step Out of the House	남매의 집 Nammae Ui Jip	Jo Sung-hee	South Korea
Segal		Yuval Shani	Israel
The Sylpphid	Sylfidden	Dorte Bengtson	Denmark
The Horn	뿔 Bbul	Yim Kyung-dong	South Korea
Traverser		Hugo Frassetto	France

Short films[link]

The following films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:^[4]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
After Tomorrow		Emma Sullivan	United Kingdom
Arena		João Salaviza	Portugal
Ciao mama	Ciao mama	Goran Odvorcic	Croatia
Silence	Klusums	Laila Pakalniņa	Latvia
The Man in the Blue Gordini	L'Homme À la Gordini	Jean-Christophe Lie	France
Lars and Peter	Lars og Peter	Daniel Borgman	Denmark
Missing	Mizzen	Joachim de Vries	Netherlands
Worstward Ho	Rumbo a Peor	Àlex Brendemühl	Spain
The Six Dollar Fifty Man		Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland	New Zealand

Juries[link]

Awards[link]

The members of the international competition's jury.

The winners of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival were:^[14][15]

• Palme d'Or – Das weiße Band by Michael Haneke^[16]
• Grand Prix – Un prophète by Jacques Audiard^[16]
• Prix de la mise en scène – Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay^[16]
• Prix du Jury^[16]
  • Bakjwi by Park Chan-wook
  • Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
• Prix du scénario – Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng by Lou Ye^[16]
• Prix d'interprétation féminine – Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist^[16]
• Prix d'interprétation masculine – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds^[16]
• Lifetime Achievement Award for his work – Alain Resnais^[16]
• Palme d'Or du court métrage Arena by João Salaviza^[16]
• Short Film Special Distinction – The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Louis Sutherland^[16]
• Prix Un Certain Regard – Kynodontas by Yorgos Lanthimos^[17]
• Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – Politist, Adjectiv by Corneliu Porumboiu^[17]
• Un Certain Regard – Special Jury Prize^[17]
  • Kasi as gorbehaie Irani khabar nadare by Bahman Ghobadi
  • Le père de mes enfants by Mia Hansen-Løve
• Cinéfondation^[18]
  • 1st Prize - Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
  • 2nd Prize - Goodbye by Fang Song
  • 3rd Prize - Diploma by Yaelle Kayam and Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
• Caméra d'Or - Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton^[16][19][20]
• Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction - Ajami by Scandar Copti^[19]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2009 Cannes Film Festival

• Official Cannes Festival Site (in English)
• 2009 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:2009 at Internet Movie Database

Cannes International Film Festival
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Location	Cannes, France
Language	International
http://www.festival-cannes.com

The Cannes International Film Festival (French: Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or just Festival de Cannes), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival.^[1][2][3] The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

The 2012 Cannes Film Festival took place from May 16 to May 27, 2012^[4]. The President of the Jury was the Italian film director Nanni Moretti.

History[link]

The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in the late 1930s when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and with the support of the British and Americans,^{[clarification needed]} set up an international cinematographic festival. In 1947, the festival was held as the "Festival du film de Cannes", where films from sixteen countries were presented. Moreover, the principle of equality was introduced, so that the jury was to be made up only of one representative per country.^[5] Also, this year the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion Palais des Festivals, although the roof was unfinished and blew off during a storm. The festival was not held in 1948 and 1950 on account of budgetary problems. In 1951, owing to better relations between France and Italy, the Cannes Festival was moved to Spring, while the Mostra remained in Autumn.

In 1955 the Golden Palm was created, replacing the Grand Prix du Festival which had been given until that year. In 1957 Dolores del Rio was the first female member of the jury as a Sélection officielle – Member. In 1959 the Marché du Film (Film Market) was founded, giving the festival a commercial character and facilitating exchanges between sellers and buyers in the film industry. Today it has become the first international platform for film commerce.^[6]

In 1962 the International Critics' Week was born, created by the French Union of Film Critics as the first parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival. Its goal was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, not succumbing to commercial tendencies.^[7] In 1965 an hommage was paid to Jean Cocteau after his death, and he was named Honorary President for life. The next year, Olivia de Havilland was named the first female president of the festival.

The 1968 festival was halted on 19 May 1968. Some directors, such as Carlos Saura and Milos Forman, had withdrawn their films from the competition. On 18 May, filmmaker Louis Malle along with a group of directors took over the large room of the Palais and interrupted the projections in solidarity with students and labour on strike throughout France,^[8] and in protest to the eviction of the then President of the Cinémathèque Française. The filmmakers achieved the reinstatement of the President, and they founded the Film Directors' Society (SRF) that same year.^[9] In 1969 the SRF, led by Pierre-Henri Deleau created the Directors' Fortnight, a new non-competitive section that programs a selection of films from around the world, distinguished by the independent judgment displayed in the choice of films.^[10]

The "Palais des Festivals" (2000)

During the 1970s, important changes occurred in the Festival. In 1972 Robert Favre Le Bret was named the new President, and Maurice Bessy the Managing Director. He immediately introduced an important change in the selection of the participating films. Until that date, the different countries chose which films would represent them in the festival. Bessy created one committee to select French films, and another for foreign films.^[11] In 1978 Gilles Jacob assumed the President position, introducing the Caméra d'Or award and the Un Certain Regard section. Other changes were the decrease of length of the festival down to thirteen days, reducing the number of selected films thus; also, until that point the Jury was composed by Film Academics, and Jacob started to introduce celebrities and professionals from the film industry.^[12]

In 1983 a new, much bigger Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was built to host the Festival. It was nicknamed "The Bunker" and provoked many reactions against it.^[13] In 1984 Pierre Viot replaced Robert Favre Le Bret as President of the Festival.

Stars posing for photographers are a part of Cannes folklore.

It wasn't until 1995 that Gilles Jacob created the last section of the Official Selection: la Cinéfondation. Its aim was to support the creation of works of cinema in the world and to contribute to the entry of the new scenario writers in the circle of the celebrities.^[14] The Cinéfondation was completed in 2000 with La Résidence and in 2005 L'Atelier. The Festival's current President, Gilles Jacob, was appointed in 2000, and in 2002 the Festival officially adopted the name Festival de Cannes.

Impact[link]

The festival has become an important showcase for European films. Jill Forbes and Sarah Street argue in European Cinema: An Introduction, that Cannes "became...extremely important for critical and commercial interests and for European attempts to sell films on the basis of their artistic quality" (page 20).^[15] Forbes and Street also point out that, along with other festivals such as Venice and Berlin, Cannes offers an opportunity to determine a particular country's image of its cinema and generally foster the notion that European cinema is "art" cinema.^[15]

Additionally, given massive media exposure, the non-public festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for film producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

Programmes[link]

The Cannes Film Festival is organised in various sections:^[16]

• The Official Selection – The main event of the festival.
  • In Competition – The twenty films competing for the Palme d'Or. They are projected in the Théâtre Lumière.
  • Un Certain Regard – Twenty films selected from cultures near and far; original and different works. They are projected at the Salle Debussy.
  • Out of Competition – These films are also projected in the Théâtre Lumière but do not compete for the main prize.
  • Special Screenings – The selection committee chooses for these films an environment specially adapted to their particular identity.
  • Cinéfondation – About fifteen shorts and medium-length motion pictures from film schools over the world are presented at the Salle Buñuel.
  • Short Films – The shorts competing for the Short Film Palme d'Or are presented at the Buñuel and Debussy theatres. There are approximately 10 films in this competition.
• Parallel Sections – These are non-competitive programmes dedicated to discovering other aspects of cinema.
  • Cannes Classics – It celebrates the heritage of film, aiming to highlight works of the past, presented with brand new or restored prints.
  • Tous les Cinémas du Monde – It showcases the vitality and diversity of cinema across the world. Each day, one country is invited to present a range of features and shorts in celebration of its unique culture, identity and recent film works.
  • Caméra d'Or – It rewards the best first film of the Festival, choosing among the debutants' works among the Official Selection, the Directors' Fortnight and the International Critics' Week selections.
  • Cinéma de la Plage – Screening of Cannes Classics and Out of Competition films for the mass public on Macé beach, preceded by a programme dedicated to film music.
• Other Sections – Produced by outside organizations during the Cannes Festival.
  • Directors' Fortnight
  • International Critics' Week
• Events
  • Marché du Film – The busiest movie market of the world.
  • Masterclasses – Given in public by world renowned filmmakers.
  • Tributes – Honors internationally renowned artists with the presentation of the Festival Trophee following the screening of one of their films.
  • Producers Network – An opportunity to make international co-productions.
  • Exhibitions – Each year, an artist, a body of work or a cinematographic theme becomes the focus of an exhibition that diversifies or illustrates the event's programme.
  • 60th Anniversary – Events organised in 2007 dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Festival.

Juries[link]

Prior to the beginning of each event, the Festival's board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive a Cannes award. Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.^[17]

• Feature Films – An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, who determine the prizes for the feature films in Competition.
• Cinéfondation and Short Films – Composed of a President and four film personalities. It awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the three best films of the Cinéfondation.
• Un Certain Regard – Composed of a President, journalists, students in cinema, and industry professionals. It awards the Un Certain Regard Prize for best film and can, moreover, honour two other films.
• Caméra d'Or – Composed of a President, as well as film directors, technicians, and French and international critics. They award the best film in any category.

Awards[link]

Palme d'Or attributed to Apocalypse Now at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival

The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") for the best film.

• Competition
  • Palme d'Or – Golden Palm
  • Grand Prix – Grand Prize of the Festival
  • Prix du Jury – Jury Prize
  • Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film
  • Prix d'interprétation féminine – Best Actress
  • Prix d'interprétation masculine – Best Actor
  • Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director
  • Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay
• Other Sections
  • Prix Un Certain Regard – Young talent, innovative and audacious works
  • Cinéfondation prizes – Student films
  • Caméra d'Or – Best first feature film
• Given by Independent Entities
  • Prix de la FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics Prize
  • Prix Vulcain – Awarded to a technical artist by the CST
  • International Critics' Week Prizes
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  • Palm Dog, for best canine performance.^[18]
  • Queer Palm, for LGBT-related films.^[19]

See also[link]

	France portal
	Film portal

• Directors' Fortnight
• List of Palme d'Or winners
• Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Cannes: Fifty Years of Sun, Sex & Celluloid : Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Film Festival by Peter Bart (Miramax, 1997)
• Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide by Benjamin Craig (Cinemagine Media Publishing, 2004)
• Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival by Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behar (William Morrow & Co, 1992)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cannes Film Festival

• Cannes Film Festival official website
• Cannes Film Festival Blog
• Cannes Film Festival: A Potted History
• Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2010 (English)
• Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2011(English)
• Footage from the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide – Detailed festival history and information for attendees

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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Cannes
Administration
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Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Arrondissement	Grasse
Mayor	Bernard Brochan (2008–2014)
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Land area1	19.62 km2 (7.58 sq mi)
Population2	72,939  (2008)
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2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°33′05″N 7°00′46″E / 43.5513°N 7.0128°E / 43.5513; 7.0128

Cannes (French pronunciation: [kan], in Occitan Canas) is a city located in the French Riviera. It is a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a commune of France located in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

The city is also famous for its various luxury shops, restaurants, and hotels. On 3 November 2011 it played host to the G20 organisation of industrialised nations.

History[link]

By the 2nd century BC the Ligurian Oxybii established a settlement here known as Aegitna. Historians are unsure what the name means. The area was a fishing village used as a port of call between the Lérins Islands.

Cannes seen from Spot Satellite

In 69 AD it became the scene of violent conflict between the troops of Othos and Vitellius.^[1]

In the 10th century the town was known as Canua^{[citation needed]}. The name may derive from "canna", a reed. Canua was probably the site of a small Ligurian port, and later a Roman outpost on Le Suquet hill, suggested by Roman tombs discovered here. Le Suquet housed an 11th-century tower which overlooked swamps where the city now stands. Most of the ancient activity, especially protection, was on the Lérins islands and the history of Cannes is the history of the islands.

An attack by the Saracens in 891, who remained until the end of the 10th century, devastated the country around Canua. The insecurity of the Lérins islands forced the monks to settle on the mainland, at the Suquet. Construction of a castle in 1035 fortified the city by then known as Cannes, and at the end of the 11th century construction was started on two towers on the Lérins islands. One took a century to build; the other, three.

Around 1530, Cannes detached from the monks who had controlled the city for hundreds of years and became independent.

During the 18th century, the Spanish and British both tried to gain control of the Lérins Islands, but were chased away by the French. The islands were later controlled by many, such as Jean-Honoré Alziary, and the Bishop of Fréjus. The islands had many different purposes; at the end of the 19th century, one was a hospital for soldiers in the Crimean War.

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux bought land at the Croix des Gardes and constructed the villa Eleonore-Louise. His work to improve living conditions attracted the English aristocracy, who also built winter residences.

At the end of the 19th century, several railways were completed. This prompted the arrival of streetcars. In Cannes, projects such as the Boulevard Carnot, the rue d'Antibes and the Carlton Hotel on the Promenade de la Croisette were carried out. After the closure of the Casino des Fleurs (hôtel Gallia), a luxury establishment was built for the rich winter clientele, the Casino Municipal next to the pier Albert-Edouard. This casino was demolished and replaced by the new Palace in 1979.

With the 20th century came new luxury hotels such as the Miramar and the Martinez. The city was modernised with a sports centre, street cars, a post office, and schools. There were fewer British and German tourists after the First World War but more Americans. Winter tourism gave way to summer tourism and the summer casino at the Palm Beach was constructed.

The city council had the idea of an internation film festival shortly before World War II. The first opened on 20 September 1946, held in the Casino Municipal.

Geography[link]

Population

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