History & legends

The oldest occupation traces on the city go back to protohistory with an open settlement on several sites. The archeological excavations carried out at Vaugrenier Park, revealed traces of a Roman road and of a huge temple, which testify the Roman presence.
The city was built from 3 territories: the Garde, the Loubet and one part of the Gaudelet. The village was formed at the 13th century close to the castle of Romée de Villeneuve who gave his name to it.
Touched by the wars and the plague epidemic, it knew a lot of vicissitudes during the Middle Ages. In its actual shape, the village dates the 16th century.

Villeneuve Loubet celebrates the Renaissance

Historical reconstruction in the village
Villeneuve-Loubet will dress in june 2013 its beautiful Renaissance costume in order to welcome the King of France, reviving like this one of the biggest chapters in its history. It was in 1538. Invited by Pope Paul III to come and sign the Truce of Nice with Emperor Charles-Quint, François Ist stayed for 3 weeks at Villeneuve's Castle from where he governed France.



The Heraldry

In 1696, Villeneuve-Loubet adopted spontaneously the "golden heraldry with two silkworm cocoons", which proved that at the time silkworm breeding, activity that used to be very common in south-east of France, was one of the city's main advantages.
Today the mulberries line the Vaugrenier Park's pathes, but don't feed the silkworms anymore.

Lei Granouïe

According to the legend, the rivers and the damp banks of Villeneuve-Loubet used to attract a lot of frogs. One night, the villagers wanted to put an end to their croaks that stopped them from sleeping: armed with sticks, hayforks, branches...
From this day, they have been dressed up with the nickname "Lei Granouie" that means in provençal the heron, a frogs predator.
The frog has become the city's mascot and the ancients' association is called Lei Granouie.

Works about local history
Discover the historical book "Villeneuve-Loubet, de l'antiquité à l'an 2000" that relates, by theme, the chronological history of the city.
Sold 5€ at the Tourism Office - 00 33 4 92 02 66 16

"Les cartes postales racontent..." A pictorial Villeneuve-Loubet through old postcards. A retrospective of the old Villeneuve.
For sale at the newspapers and bookshop Le Narval in the village

 

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