Le Bar-sur-Loup

Le Bar-sur-Loup
So Barn (Occitan)
A view of Le Bar-sur-Loup
Location of Le Bar-sur-Loup
Le Bar-sur-Loup
Le Bar-sur-Loup
Coordinates: 43°42′07″N 6°59′23″E / 43.702°N 6.9897°E / 43.702; 6.9897
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementGrasse
CantonValbonne
IntercommunalityCA Sophia Antipolis
Government
  Mayor (20202026) François Wyszkowski
Area
1
14.47 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
2,960
  Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Aubarnencs, Barois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06010 /06620
Elevation100–1,312 m (328–4,304 ft)
(avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bar-sur-Loup (French pronunciation: [ baʁ syʁ lu], lit. "Le Bar-on-Loup"; Occitan: So Barn; Italian: Albarno) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

Originally known simply as Le Bar, the commune was renamed Le Bar-sur-Loup by a decree dated 27 March 1961 published in the Journal officiel on 1 April, with effect from 2 April 1961.