Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement of Grasse

Biot

Biot is a small fortified medieval hilltop village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur near , between and . Many people come to Biot for its renowned cubist art museum of Fernand Leger as well as the winding cobbled lanes on the elevated fort.
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  • Type: Village with 9,880 residents
  • Description: commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
  • Also known as: “06018”, “Biòt”, and “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loup Valley and Marineland of Antibes.

Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The River Loup is in the Alpes Maritimes, . It is 49 km in length. Its source is a grassy hollow in the Vallon de l'Audibergue. It is fed by streams running down the north face of the Montagne de l'Audibergue.

Public aquarium
Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain.
The was a theme park founded in 1970 by Count Roland de La Poype in , in the . It included a marine zoological park with dolphinarium, a water park, a children's play park, mini golf and a hotel.

Museum
Photo: Ecceart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a museum in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, in south-eastern France, dedicated to the work of the twentieth-century artist Fernand Léger.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valbonne and Biot and Antibes.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Between the towns of lies the Sophia Antipolis technology park, the 's answer to California's Silicon Valley, which employs many expatriates.

Photo: David Baron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in the . The Cap d' is the break between the Bay of Cannes to the south-west and the Baie des Anges to the north east.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town near that is in the department, in the region, in southeastern .

Biot

Latitude
43.627° or 43° 37′ 37″ north
Longitude
7.099° or 7° 5′ 56″ east
Population
9,880
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8FM9J3GX+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5144740773
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6446675
Wiki­data ID
Q243012
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Biot” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Biot”
  • Akan: “Biot”
  • Arabic: “بيوت، الألب الجبلية”
  • Arabic: “بيوت”
  • Aragonese: “Biot”
  • Armenian: “Բիոտ”
  • Arpitan: “Biot”
  • Asturian: “Biot”
  • Azerbaijani: “Biot”
  • Bambara: “Biot”
  • Basque: “Biot”
  • Basque: “Biòt”
  • Bavarian: “Biot”
  • Breton: “Biot”
  • Buginese: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Buginese: “Biot”
  • Cajun French: “Biot”
  • Catalan: “Biòt”
  • Cebuano: “Biot”
  • Cebuano: “Le Biot”
  • Chamorro: “Biot”
  • Chechen: “Биот”
  • Chinese: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Chinese: “Biot”
  • Chinese: “比奥”
  • Chinese: “比奥特”
  • Chinese: “比奧特”
  • Corsican: “Biot”
  • Croatian: “Biot”
  • Czech: “Biot”
  • Danish: “Biot”
  • Dutch: “Biot (Alpes-Maritimes)”
  • Dutch: “Biot (Zee-Alpen)”
  • Dutch: “Biot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيوت”
  • Esperanto: “Biot”
  • Esperanto: “Biòt”
  • Estonian: “Biot”
  • Faroese: “Biot”
  • Finnish: “Biot”
  • French: “Biot”
  • French: “Biòt”
  • Friulian: “Biot”
  • Galician: “Biot”
  • German: “Biot”
  • German: “Biòt”
  • Hungarian: “Biot”
  • Icelandic: “Biot”
  • Ido: “Biot”
  • Indonesian: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Indonesian: “Biot”
  • Interlingua: “Biot”
  • Interlingue: “Biot”
  • Irish: “Biot”
  • Italian: “Biot”
  • Italian: “Biòt”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Biot”
  • Japanese: “ビオ”
  • Japanese: “ビオット”
  • Kabyle: “Biot”
  • Kalaallisut: “Biot”
  • Kongo: “Biot”
  • Kurdish: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Kurdish: “Biot”
  • Ladin: “Biot”
  • Latin: “Biot”
  • Latin: “Castrum de Buzoto”
  • Latvian: “Biot”
  • Ligurian: “Biot”
  • Limburgan: “Biot”
  • Lithuanian: “Biot”
  • Lombard: “Biot”
  • Low German: “Biot”
  • Luxembourgish: “Biot”
  • Macedonian: “Биот”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Biot”
  • Malagasy: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Malagasy: “Biot”
  • Malagasy: “Jean-Pierre Dermit”
  • Malay: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Malay: “Biot”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Biot”
  • Minangkabau: “Biot”
  • Narom: “Biot”
  • Neapolitan: “Biot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biot”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Biot”
  • Norwegian: “Biot”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Biòt”
  • Pampanga: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Pampanga: “Biot”
  • Papiamento: “Biot”
  • Persian: “بیو، آلپ-ماریتیم”
  • Picard: “Biot”
  • Piemontese: “Biot”
  • Polish: “Biot”
  • Portuguese: “Biot”
  • Prussian: “Biot”
  • Romagnol: “Biot”
  • Romanian: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Romanian: “Biot”
  • Romansh: “Biot”
  • Russian: “Биот”
  • Russian: “Бьо”
  • Sardinian: “Biot”
  • Scots: “Biot”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Biot”
  • Serbian: “Bio”
  • Serbian: “Biot”
  • Serbian: “Био”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biot”
  • Sicilian: “Biot”
  • Slovak: “Biot”
  • Slovenian: “Biot”
  • Spanish: “Biot”
  • Spanish: “Biòt”
  • Swahili: “Biot”
  • Swedish: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Swedish: “Biot”
  • Swiss German: “Biot”
  • Tatar: “Биот”
  • Turkish: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Turkish: “Biot”
  • Ukrainian: “Бйот”
  • Venetian: “Biot”
  • Vietnamese: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Vietnamese: “Biot”
  • Vlaams: “Biot”
  • Volapük: “Biot”
  • Walloon: “Biot”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Biot”
  • Welsh: “Biot”
  • Wolof: “Biot”
  • Yue Chinese: “Biot, Alpes-Maritimes”
  • Zulu: “Biot”
  • “Biot”

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