CANNES, a maritime city of the department of the Var, in France, containing 600 houses, and 2804 inhabitants, whose subsistence depends chiefly on the fishery for anchovies and sardines. The country around it is fruitful in oranges, olives, citrons, grapes, and figs. Long. 6. 55. 9. E. Lat. 43. 32. 58. N.