It is a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. The population was 70,400 as of the 2007 census. Cannes is the home of numerous luxurious houses and mansions as well as many high-end gated communities. The city is also famous for its various luxury stores, fancy restaurants, and prestigious hotels.

With the 20th century came new luxury hotels such as the Miramar and the Martinez. The city was modernised with a sports centre, street cars, a post office, and schools. There were fewer British and German tourists after the First World War but more Americans. Winter tourism gave way to summer tourism and the summer casino at the Palm Beach was constructed.

The city council had the idea of an international film festival shortly before World War II. The first opened on September 20, 1946, held in the Casino Municipal.

La Croisette is the waterfront avenue with palm trees. La Croisette is known for picturesque beaches and for restaurants, cafes and boutiques. La Suquet, the old town, provides a good view of La Croisette. The fortified tower and Chapel of St Anne house the Musee de la Castre. The Man in the Iron Mask was imprisoned on the Iles de Lerins.

Wikipedia articles for Cannes

• Cannes
• Cannes Film Festival
• Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
• Majestic, Cannes
• Gare de Cannes
• Eurovision Song Contest 1959
• Noga Hilton
• Mediterranean Sea
• Promenade de la Croisette
• Carlton Cannes
• Cimetière du Grand Jas
• Hôtel Martinez
• Gare de Cannes-La Bocca
• Gare du Bosquet
• Le Cannet
• Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Cannes)
• Gare de Ranguin
• Île Sainte-Marguerite
• Vallauris
• Cannes ? Mandelieu Airport
• Lérins Islands