Cannes, France — City Information
City Facts
- Location
- Côte d’Azur, France.
- Time Zone
- GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October).
- Electricity
- 220 volts AC, 50Hz; round two-pin plugs are standard.
- Average January Temperatures
- 11.5°C (53°F).
- Average July Temperatures
- 23.5°C (74°F).
- Average Annual Rainfall
- 857mm (33.8 inches).
- Language
- Nowadays, most Cannois speak French with a lilting southern accent. However, the inhabitants of Cannes spoke Cannois, a variant of Provençal-Maritime until 1914, when the language was banned to promote the speaking of French. 95% of place names in Cannes derive from this branch of Provençal, the language of southern France. Suquet means ‘hill-top’ in Cannois and Forville means outside the town. To hear Cannois nowadays, one needs to listen to the small fishing community at the Vieux Port and the boules players at the Allées de la Liberté who call boules ‘bocho’ and the jack ‘boulien’; ‘au revoir’ becomes ‘à si revèire’ and ‘adieu’ ‘adessias’. Phrases Yes - OuiNo - NonHello - BonjourGoodbye - Au revoirPlease - S’il vous plaît Thank you - Merci My name is … -Je m’appelle ... How are you? - Comment ça va?I’m very well - Ça va bienI feel ill - Je ne me sens pas bienHow much does it cost? - Combien est-ce que ça coûte?Do you speak English? - Est-ce que vous parlez anglais?I don’t understand - Je ne comprends pasWhere is …? - Où est …? Entrance - EntréeExit - SortieDanger - Danger Open - OuvertClosed - FerméToilets - ToilettesDoctor - MédecinHotel - Hôtel Restaurant - RestaurantBeer - BièreWine - VinMenu - MenuToday - Aujourd’huiTomorrow - DemainMonday - LundiTuesday - Mardi Wednesday - Mercredi Thursday - Jeudi Friday - Vendredi Saturday - Samedi Sunday - DimancheOne - Un (Une)Two - Deux Three - TroisFour - QuatreFive - CinqSix - SixSeven - SeptEight - Huit Nine - NeufTen - DixTwenty - VingtThirty - TrenteForty - QuaranteFifty - CinquanteSixty - SoixanteSeventy - Soixante-dixEighty - Quatre-vingtNinety - Quatre-vingt dixOne Hundred - CentOne Thousand - Mille
Cost of Living
| 1.00 GBP = 1.13 EUR |
| 1.00 USD = 0.7 EUR |
| Currency conversion rates as of 19 July 2011 |
Special Events
MIDEM (International Market for Records and Musical Publishing)
January
Palais des Festivals
Website: www.midem.com
Cannes Shopping Festival
January
Various venues
Website: www.cannesshoppingfestival.com
Festival de Cannes
May
Major international film festival.
Palais des Festivals
Website: www.festival-cannes.fr
Musical Nights of Le Suquet
July
Notre Dame de l’Espérance Church, Le Suquet
Summer in Cannes
July-August
Street festival.
Throughout the city
International Festival of Pleasure Boating
September
Vieux Port
Website: www.cannesboatshow.com
International Dance Festival
December
Palais des Festivals
Website: www.festivaldedanse-cannes.com
Antique Dealers in Cannes
December-January
Antiques festival.
Palm Beach
