La Valette-du-Var
# La Valette-du-Var

La Valette-du-Var (Provençal Occitan: La Valeta) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1793 | 2,311 | — |
| 1800 | 2,152 | −1.01% |
| 1806 | 2,206 | +0.41% |
| 1821 | 2,015 | −0.60% |
| 1831 | 2,450 | +1.97% |
| 1836 | 2,267 | −1.54% |
| 1841 | 2,231 | −0.32% |
| 1846 | 2,275 | +0.39% |
| 1851 | 2,337 | +0.54% |
| 1856 | 2,127 | −1.87% |
| 1861 | 2,101 | −0.25% |
| 1866 | 2,125 | +0.23% |
| 1872 | 2,180 | +0.43% |
| 1876 | 2,127 | −0.61% |
| 1881 | 2,186 | +0.55% |
| 1886 | 2,196 | +0.09% |
| 1891 | 2,262 | +0.59% |
| 1896 | 2,470 | +1.77% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 2,623 | +1.21% |
| 1906 | 2,837 | +1.58% |
| 1911 | 2,853 | +0.11% |
| 1921 | 2,847 | −0.02% |
| 1926 | 3,108 | +1.77% |
| 1931 | 3,455 | +2.14% |
| 1936 | 4,011 | +3.03% |
| 1946 | 5,055 | +2.34% |
| 1954 | 5,194 | +0.34% |
| 1962 | 6,949 | +3.71% |
| 1968 | 11,194 | +8.27% |
| 1975 | 14,745 | +4.01% |
| 1982 | 18,296 | +3.13% |
| 1990 | 20,687 | +1.55% |
| 1999 | 21,739 | +0.55% |
| 2007 | 22,282 | +0.31% |
| 2012 | 21,155 | −1.03% |
| 2017 | 23,884 | +2.46% |

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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Notable people

The village cemetery contains the grave of Joseph Pujol, who died in 1945 and who, under his stage name of "Le Pétomane", was a famous flatulist.

## Twin towns – sister cities

La Valette-du-Var is twinned with:

* Bocșa, Romania (1990)
* Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Poland (2005)
* Liévin, France (2001)
* Novocherkassk, Russia (1992)
* Somma Lombardo, Italy (1997)
* Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany (1974)
