Mandelieu-la-Napoule  (often spelled locally Mandelieu La Napoule ) is a French commune , located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur . It is the result of the merger of the municipalities of Mandelieu and La Napoule. Its inhabitants are called the Mandolociens and Napoulois .

Sights

Places and monuments 

• Le San Peyre , a volcanic hill overlooking the Gulf of La Napoule .
• The castle of Napoule , built in the xiv ^th  century, renovated and rebuilt in xx ^th  century by the Americans Henry and Marie Clews.
• The Castle Agecroft built in1918, a high place of social tourism, since after having been bought in 1947by the Houillères du Nord-Pas-de-Calais to accommodate long-term miners on leave , it belongs to the Central Social Activities Fund (EDF’s CE) and to the RATP  ; formerly owned by Harry Leland of Lengley.

Religious buildings

• Saint-Pons parish church, 1763, rue du Cimetière au Capitou.
• Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, rue de la Plage xiv ^th  century in La Napoule.
• Notre-Dame-des-Mimosas Chapel, rue Jean Monnet 1927
• Notre-Dame-du-Liban Church, avenue de Fréjus.
• Saint-Jean chapel, avenue de Fréjus [destroyed and replaced by the Notre-Dame-du-Liban church] (Minelle).
• Saint-Jean chapel in the cemetery, Trois Termes forest road.
• Chapel of Maure-Vieil, chemin de Maure-Vieil.
• Ruins of the chapel San-Peyre xiii ^th  century, departmental park of San Peyre.

Natural heritage 

Below is the list of green spaces in the municipality, some of which are at least partially artificial.

• Mount Turney – 50,000 m²
• Mont San Peyre – 180,000 m²
• Estérel Massif – 320 km²
• Grand Duc Forest – 90,000 m²
• Robinson Park – 11,800 m²
• The Parc des Oliviers – 11,000 m²
• Banks of Siagne – 72,000 m²
• Camille Park – 14,000 m²
• Parc de la Vernède – 26,600 m²
• Emmanuelle de Marande Park – 13,000 m²
• Massif du Tanneron – 2,000,000 m²

Events

The mimosa festival, lasting ten days, has animated the streets of Mandelieu in February since 1931. Like many other towns, Mandelieu-la-Napoule wants to be the capital of mimosa. Since its importation into the xix ^th  century, mimosa has continued to spread and invade natural sites neighbors, are four tonnes of this flower are used each year to fill the tanks parading in the city during the festival mimosa. The second-hand boat show and that of flavors and terroirs also take place in Mandelieu-la-Napoule in November.