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Canton Of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
The canton of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume is an administrative division of the Var department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. It consists of the following communes: # Artigues #Barjols # Bras # Brue-Auriac #Châteauvert # Esparron #Ginasservis #Ollières #Pontevès #Pourcieux #Pourrières # Rians # Saint-Julien #Saint-Martin-de-Pallières # Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume # Seillons-Source-d'Argens # Varages #La Verdière #Vinon-sur-Verdon Vinon-sur-Verdon (; oc, Vinon de Verdon) is a commune in the northwestern part of the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. The town is on the left bank of the river Verdon near the Gorges du Verdon. The ... References Cantons of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollières
Ollières (; oc, Olieras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Verdière
La Verdière (; oc, La Verdiera) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Château of La Verdière Perched at the top of the village, the Château of La Verdière embraces a vast panorama. To the north one can see the communes of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie and Castellane, to the west the Mont Ventoux and the Luberon, south-west the mountains of Sainte-Baume and Sainte-Victoire and, south-east the Massif des Maures (chain of mountains from the Alps to the Rhone). In 980, the family of the Counts of Castellane, one of the most ancient and illustrious families of Provence, built a fortress: La Verdière. Having belonged to the Counts of Ventimiglia from 1262 to 1437, the building returned to the house of Castellane and in 1613, to the family of the Counts of Forbin. These three great families gave the castle of La Verdière special architecture born out of these different periods of development. In the tenth century, the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varages
Varages (; oc, Varatge) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is known for its vineyards and ceramic dinnerware.Michael Fox, Deborah Kaufman, and Alan Snitow, ''Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water'' (Wiley_Default, 2007)208 Geography Climate Varages has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Varages is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Varages was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 March 2005. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seillons-Source-d'Argens
Seillons-Source-d'Argens (, literally ''Seillons-Source of Argens''; oc, Selhon Fònt d'Argenç) is a commune in the Var department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also * Communes of the Var department References Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières (; Provençal: ''Sant Martin de Palhièras''), formerly Saint-Martin,Since 1 August 2012, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Julien, Var
Saint-Julien (; also known as Saint-Julien-le-Montagnier; Provençal: ''Sant Julian lo Montanhier'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rians, Var
Rians (; oc, Rians) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Rians is a provençal village in the Upper Var located north east of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire. The main employment is agriculture, predominantly wine. The village itself is built on a hill that is dominated by a 12th-century bell tower and the church of Notre Dame de Nazareth. The Town is made up of concentric medieval streets that work their way down the hill. Notable events in Rians include dancing in the squares on 14 July, the Fête de St Laurent on 8 August and the Fête de la Courge in October. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pourrières
Pourrières (; oc, Porrièras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Population Personalities It is the home town of the French poet Germain Nouveau. Jacqueline Eymar, classical pianist born in 1922, died in Pourrières in 2008. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pourcieux
Pourcieux (; oc, Porcièu) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The small village provides a typical image of the Provence of Frédéric Mistral, with vine-grower's houses built around a castle, and a town square and fountain shaded by hundred year-old plane trees. Its sunny hillsides sit at the foot of the Monts Auréliens, a short distance from the Montagne Sainte-Victoire made famous by Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a .... See also * Communes of the Var department References Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontevès
Pontevès () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also * Château de Pontevès * Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginasservis
Ginasservis (; oc, Ginacèrvias) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
