This magazine, Vence et ses Environs (Vence and its Surroundings), is published by the Association “Vence and its surroundings during the 20th century” a local organization here in Vence. Their goal is to write about subjects related to Vence – using archives, testimonies, photos, audible pieces and other elements.
The first issue was published in October 1999 when it was known as Vence durant le XXème siècle (Vence During the 20th Century). “Et ses environs” was added shortly thereafter. By 2003 the name had changed to Vence et ses Environs durant le XXème siècle. In 2007 it evolved into Vence et ses Environs durant les siècles and in 2012 it became simply Vence et ses Environs.
They usually publish two or three issues per year. To date there have been 60 issues published. The earliest one I have is #11 which was published in June of 2003. One of my articles, about la Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs (the White Penitents Chapel) was published in #60!
The only place I’ve ever seen these sold is at the E.Leclerc Espace Culturel book and multimedia store on the Grand Jardin here in Vence. It’s been easy to find the current version of this magazine but older copies are hard to come by. I’ve searched on the web many times but never found any for sale. However, at the 2024 Book Fair in Vence I met Raymond Ardisson, the man behind the magazine, who was selling a few back copies. I immediately purchased them and asked if he had any others. He told me to come back in the afternoon, which I did, and he had another stack for me. So now I have almost 1/2 of all the available issues in my collection.
I was also able to obtain a number of issues from the Vence library (Vence Médiathèque) which I have scanned until I can find hard copies. The copies are marked by (PDF) in the listing below.
If you have any questions about any of these magazines, or would just like more information, drop me an email at steve@steveandcaroleinvence.com.

Vence et ses Environs N°1
1999 / French
Paper (PDF)
20 pages / 21cm x 30cm
The very first issue from October 1999! Features articles on Matisse in Vence, Jews in Vence and the Alpes-Maritimes during the Second World War, the Vescagne mine and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°4
2001 / French
Paper (PDF)
20 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2001 and features articles on La Brissaudo, Vence in 1954, Fernand Moutet and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°8
2002 / French
Paper (PDF)
26 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2002 and features articles on Chapelle Ste Anne, Archéologie à Vence, J.F.O.M., Disparitions et Maltraitance d’Animaux and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°9
2002 / French
Paper (PDF)
30 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2002 and features articles on Cours Sévigné, Ecole St Michel, Célistin Freinet, La Chapelle Notre-Dame de l’Arat, Archéologie et Défense du Patrimoine and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°11
2003 / French
Paper
28 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2003 and features articles on Marc Chagall and Virginia Haggard, Witold Gombrowicz, Célistin Freinet, Jean Maret and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°12
2003 / French
Paper
28 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2003 and features articles on Marc Chagall and Virginia Haggard, the Auberge des Fleurs, the Notre-Dame de Bon Voyage chapel and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°13
2004 / French
Paper
32 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2004 and features articles on the Sisters of Nevers in Vence, Docteur Benoist, Pierre Rocher, Célestin Freinet, Mimi Maurel and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°14
2004 / French
Paper
31 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2004 and features articles on the Bar des Acacias, Albert Laura, The Saint-Raphaël Chapel, Lucien Isoardi, The Roman Aqueduct, Célestin Freinet and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°16
2005 / French
Paper
32 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from March 2005 and features articles on the Chausseurs Mario, Élise Lagier-Bruno, Vence chapels that have disappeared, the Front Populaire in Vence and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°17
2005 / French
Paper
32 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2005 and features articles on the Clinique des Cadrans Solaires, Albert Paraz, The Vence Cathedral, Sylvia Plath, the Cent Chênes of Saint-Jeannet and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°18
2005 / French
Paper (PDF)
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2005 and features articles on Célistin Freinet, Joseph Biancospino, Ida Rubinstein, La Petite Maison, Ver Schreiber and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°19
2006 / French
Paper (PDF)
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2006 and features articles on Jacqueline Turcan, Célestin Freinet, Marie Picco, le Beau Métier de Fleuriste and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°20
2006 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2006 and features articles on the Vineyards of Hautes Collines of Saint-Jeannet, Henri Maurice Cahours, Célestin Freinet, the Saint-Crépin Chapel and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°22
2006 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2006 and features articles on Marcel Cauvin, Roland Pégurier, Paul Esmengiaud, Célestin Freinet, Les Chapelles Pastorales, Le Moulin de la Clue and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°23
2007 / French
Paper (PDF)
40 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2007 and features articles on Cycling in Vence, the Vence Tango, The Nall Foundation, Roland Pégurier, Jean-Baptiste Tronc, Célestin Freinet, Marcel Eyffret, Les Chapelles Pastorales and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°24
2007 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2007 and features articles on la Maison d’Accueil de Vence, Mireille Vial, Roland Pégurier, Water and the Col de Vence, and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°25
2008 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from March 2008 and features articles on Chez Chosson, Roland Pégurier, Célestin Freinet, the Saint-Lambert Chapel, Hunting in Vence and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°26
2008 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2008 and features articles on Célestin Freinet, the l’Ara neighborhood, Archaeology in Vence and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°27
2008 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2008 and features articles on the German town of Lahnstein (a sister town of Vence), the l’Ara neighborhood and the Calvaire, les Nuits du Sud, the Saint-Elizabeth festival, Ptrick Rougeot and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°28
2009 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2009 and features articles on the Dance School of Huguette Schneider, the English town of Stamford (a sister town of Vence), Henri Einesy, André Mellira and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°29
2009 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2009 and features articles on Henri Calet, the Vence Judo Club, Célestin Freinet, the Burkina Faso town Ouahigouya (a sister town of Vence), Pierre Marlard, the History of the Grand Jardin and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°30
2009 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2009 and features articles on the Vence Basketball Club, William Thornley, the History of the Grand Jardin, Célestin Freinet, Nuits du Sud and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°31
2010 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2010 and features articles on The Liberation of Vence, Henri Matisse, the Saint-Martin Chapel, Célistin Freinet, the Grand Jardin and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°32
2010 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from June 2010 and features articles on the Restaurants of Vence, Nuits du Sud, la Maison ce Charité, Yvon Lambert, the French Legion of Soldiers and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°33
2010 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2010 and features articles on Jean-Baptiste André, Henri Matisse, Célestin Freinet, Restaurants of Vence, Le Clemenceau and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°34
2011 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from spring 2011 and features articles on Les Violettes de Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Le Garde, L’Institution L’Aiglon, Les Journées de la Femme, L’ASA Vence la Jolie, Alain Bareste and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°35
2011 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from summer 2011 and features articles on Célestin Freinet, Saint Martin, Chapelle Matisse, Nuits du Sud, l’Épicerie Moka and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°36
2011 / French
Paper
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Winter 2011 and features articles on the Claude Bellucci, Célestin Freinet, Alber Curel, Christmas stories and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°37
2012 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Spring 2012 and features articles on Charles de Gaulle, Maud et Ethel, the Battle of the Flowers, André Mellira, Marius Deprat and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°38
2012 / French
Paper
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Summer 2012 and features articles on the l’épercerie la Marseillaise, the 27th commemoration of the Liberation of Vence, Place Godeau, the Nuits du Sud of 2012 and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°39
2012 / French
Paper
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Winter 2012 and features articles on the Le Paibn des Halles, André Mellira, Conte des Santons, Artist Fountains and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°40
2013 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Spring 2013 and features articles on the Chemin de Fer Sud de la France, Serge Losardo, Oswald Baudot, André Deldon, the Vescagne Mine, the Fête des Fontaines the Nestou Mill and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°41
2013 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Summer 2013 and features articles on the Café du Midi, the Liberation of Vence, the Nuits du Sud, Fêtes des Chapelles, Caves in Vence and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°42
2013 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Winter 2013 and features articles on Oswald Baudot, the History of the Grand Jardin, Ferand Moutet, Christmas 2016, Vindico Capacci, André Deldon and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°43
2014 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from spring 2014. It features articles on Daniel Petite, Histoire de Quartier, Chemin de l’Étrange, André Deldon, Le Grand Jardin, Archéologie Contemporaine and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°44
2014 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from summer 2014. It features articles on Le Train Arrivé à Cagnes, Claude Rolland, L’Enfant de Vence, Nuits du Sud, Le Musée Lapidaire, Fête des Chapelles and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°45
2015 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from winter 2015. It features articles on La Maison du Mineur, Le Cabanon des Vallières, Les Peintres à Vence, l’Arrivé du Train à Cagnes and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°46
2015 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Spring 2015 and features articles on Boy Scouts in Vence, Marc Chagall, Jean Dubuffet, Miners in Vence, André Deldon, Jacqueline Turcan, the Lubiane Mill and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°47
2016 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from sometime in 2016 (I think). It features articles on Les Grands Peintres à Vence, Scouts: la Suite, Souvenirs de Guerre, Musiques à Vence, Marathon du Film and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°48
2016 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from winter 2016 (I think). It features articles on La Villa Alexandrine, La Chapelle St. Pierre, André DeHesdin, Espace Culturel Leclerc and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°49
2017 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from sometime in 2017 (I think). It features articles La Papière, La Main au Collet, l’Ancienne Mairie de Vence, le Grand Frêne, Chapelle St Pons and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°50
2018 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from October 2018. It’s a celebration of the 50th issue and features articles on the Le Nouvel Hôtel Falcoz, Les Blasons de Vence, Le Conservatoire de Musique, Cécile Lenoir and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°51
2020 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from March 2019. It features articles on La Droguerie au Signadou, Witold Gombrowicz, Antoine Godeau, « Grand Jardin » d’Hier à Demain, Inauguration du Square Simone Veil and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°53
2020 / French
Paper (PDF)
36 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from 2020 (I think). It features articles on Le Petit Paris, l’Alhambra, Promendades Autour de Vence, The Children’s Garden, l’Âme Arlequin de la Place du Grand Jardin and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°54
2021 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from February 2021 and features articles on the Notre-Dame de l’Ara and Sainte Colombe chapels, the Festival of Saint Elisabeth in 2019 and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°56
2022 / French
Paper
34 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from March 2022 and features articles on the Tamara in Vence, Jean Dubuffet, Vence in Provence and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°57
2022 / French
Paper
38 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Winter 2022 and features articles on the La Colombe d’Or, Music of Vence, Villa “Lo Camp” and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°58
2023 / French
Paper
38 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Autumn 2023 and features articles on the Rolling Stones, old Vence mills, Pierre Chave, René Crevel and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°59
2024 / French
Paper
38 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Spring 2024 and features articles on Albert Samain, Gérard Morot-Sir, La Cordillère des Ondes, Les Fêtes de la Sainte-Élisabeth, Jacques Tachon and much more.

Vence et ses Environs N°60
2025 / French
Paper
42 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from Spring 2025 and features articles on Haut-de-Cagnes, Jacques Audiberti, La Souris, Ben et Lo Cepon, Gaspard-Jean Meslier and much more. And… I wrote an article about la Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs!

Vence et ses Environs N°61
2025 / French
Paper
48 pages / 21cm x 30cm
This issue is from September 2025 and features articles on Pierrot chanteur de rue, Marie Bashkirtseff, Albert Paraz, Alexandre Vialatte, Hameau du Pra, Madam Simone Signoret and Chagall au Musée de Vence. And… I wrote an article about la Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs is printed in the English version!