Country France Area 30,276 | Region Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur Mayor Henri Revel | |
Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur region on the French Riviera.
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Map of Saint-Laurent-du-Var
Demographics
Transportation
St. Laurent is located close to "Nice Cote dAzur" Airport, in the eastern side of Var river, Nice. The town also has a harbour, an interchange on the motorway A8 and a railway station on the Marseille-Toulon-Nice-Ventimiglia line.
Twin towns
Saint-Laurent-du-Var is twinned with:
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Siofok (Hungary)
- Waldheim (Germany)
- all the French towns named "Saint-Laurent" (95 in Metropolitan France)
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French Guiana)
History

The town was founded in the 11th century when an hospice was founded under Saint Lawrences protection. The main activity was to help passengers to cross the Var, which became a border between from Kingdom of France to Nice in 1481.
Geography
St. Laurent is the second-largest suburb of the city of Nice, after Cagnes-sur-Mer, in the urban community of Nice Cote dAzur. It lies adjacent to it on the west side on the other side of the river Var.

Nowadays, the town has developed much and its population has been multiplied by ten in the last century and its now part of Nice metropolitan area.
The suburbs positioning, close to Nice and with an abundance of flatlands - which is a rare resource in this region - led to the building of CAP 3000, the Cote dAzurs biggest mall, and an industrial zone with many dynamic activities.