Grasse

Grasse

*Grassa* (Occitan)
Grasse Grassa (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
	A view of Grasse
	Coat of arms
	Location of Grasse
	Grasse Grasse
	Coordinates: 43°40′00″N 6°55′00″E / 43.6667°N 6.9167°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement	Grasse
Canton	Grasse-1 and 2
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Grasse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Viaud (LR)
Area 1	44.44 km2 (17.16 sq mi)
Population (2021)	48,323
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06069 /06130
Elevation	80–1,061 m (262–3,481 ft) ; (avg. 333 m or 1,093 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grasse (French pronunciation: [ɡʁas]; Provençal Occitan: Grassa _{in classical norm} or Grasso _{in Mistralian norm} [ˈɡɾasɔ]; traditional Italian: Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the commune had a population of 50,396.

Considered the world's capital of perfume,^[3]^[4] Grasse obtained two flowers in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris^[5] and was made Ville d'Art et d'Histoire (City of Art and History).^[6]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Page Bienvenue sur le site de la ville de Grasse (in French)
^ Collins, Ross (January 1995). "The Scents of a City". www.ndsu.edu. Fargo-Moorhead Forum. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ Palmarès du Concours des villes et villages fleuris dans les Alpes-Maritimes Archived 2009-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
^ Ministère de la Culture. "Fiche de Grasse appartenant aux villes du réseau ville d'art et d'histoire" (in French). Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2007.