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Mandelieu airport as seen from the hills above Cannes, Le Cannet and the Mediterranean Sea in the distance. Mandelieu is the airport where the Russians and other HNI high flyers fly into the Cannes-Nice region in their private jets! Mandelieu-la Napoule is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, located on the French Riviera just to the southwest of Cannes and northeast of Théoule-sur-Mer. It is known for the Château de la Napoule, a fortified castle of the 14th century. In the 20th century, Henry Clews Jr (son of the wealthy New York banker Henry Clews) and his wife Marie Clews, entirely renovated the chateau which they then inhabited. Henry Clews Jr was a painter and sculptor whose work still fills the castle, which is now run as a non-profit arts foundation b