The arrondissement of Draguignan (french: arrondissement de Draguignan, link=no, ; oc, arrondiment de Draguinhan, link=no) is an arrondissement of France in the

Var Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...

department,

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. It has 54

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 306,320 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Draguignan, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and '' départements''. They are also used as national identificati ...

s, are: # Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel (83001) #

Ampus Ampus (; oc, Empus) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The hilltop village of Ampus is situated 14 km northwest of Draguignan. See also *Communes of the Var department T ...

(83003) # Les Arcs (83004) # Bagnols-en-Forêt (83008) # Bargème (83010) # Bargemon (83011) # La Bastide (83013) # Le Bourguet (83020) # Brenon (83022) # Callas (83028) # Callian (83029) # Cavalaire-sur-Mer (83036) # Châteaudouble (83038) # Châteauvieux (83040) #

Claviers Claviers (; oc, Clavier) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is approximately west of Cannes. ...

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Cogolin Cogolin () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Climate Cogolin has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual tempe ...

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Comps-sur-Artuby Comps-sur-Artuby (, literally ''Comps on Artuby''; oc, Comps d'Artubi) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the Gorges du Verdo ...

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La Croix-Valmer La Croix-Valmer (; oc, La Crotz Valmer) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography La Croix-Valmer is at the foot of the Massif des Maures hills in the Bay of Cavalaire-sur- ...

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Draguignan Draguignan (; oc, Draguinhan) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department and self-proclaimed "capital of ...

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Fayence Fayence (; oc, Faiença) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 5,735. Fayence is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain betwee ...

(83055) # Figanières (83056) #

Flayosc Flayosc (; Provençal: ''Flaiòsc'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southeastern France. Geography Flayosc is far from Draguignan, and about from the Mediterranean Sea. The village is loca ...

(83058) # Fréjus (83061) #

La Garde-Freinet La Garde-Freinet (; Provençal: ''La Gàrdia Frainet'') is a commune in the Var department in the Côte d'Azur area in southeastern France. Location La Garde-Freinet is a medieval French mountain village, located in the Massif des Maures, 15& ...

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Gassin Gassin () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located very near to the holiday destination of Saint-Tropez. Perched high up on a rock, it is less than from the sea. Many Tro ...

(83065) # Grimaud (83068) # Lorgues (83072) # La Martre (83074) #

La Môle La Mole (; oc, La Mòla) 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 Fr ...

(83079) # Mons (83080) # Montauroux (83081) #

Montferrat Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Province of Alessandria, ...

(83082) # La Motte (83085) #

Le Muy Le Muy (; oc, Lo Muei) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 9,288. Le Muy was one of the first places to be liberated in the Allied invasion of ...

(83086) # Le Plan-de-la-Tour (83094) #

Puget-sur-Argens Puget-sur-Argens (, literally ''Puget on Argens''; oc, Lo Puget d'Argenç) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located at 687 kilometres south-east of Paris. It is called ...

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Ramatuelle Ramatuelle (; Provençal: ''Ramatuela'') is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2016, it had a population of 2,077. History Ramatuelle lies near St-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime and Ga ...

(83101) # Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer (83152) # Roquebrune-sur-Argens (83107) #

La Roque-Esclapon La Roque-Esclapon (; oc, La Ròca Esclapon) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Weste ...

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Saint-Antonin-du-Var Saint-Antonin-du-Var ( Occitan: ''Sant Antonin dau Var'' or simply ''Sant Antonin''), commonly referred to simply as Saint-Antonin, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France ...

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Sainte-Maxime Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan and Provençal: ''Santa Maxima'') is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera (''Côte d'Azur''), west from Nice and east from M ...

(83115) # Saint-Paul-en-Forêt (83117) # Saint-Raphaël (83118) # Saint-Tropez (83119) #

Salernes Salernes (; oc, Salèrna) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also ...

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Seillans Seillans (; oc, Selhan) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a ''ville perché'' (perched hill-top village) overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel, w ...

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Sillans-la-Cascade Sillans-la-Cascade (; oc, Silan) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 752. Tourism As the commune's name suggests, it has a spectacular waterfall ...

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Tanneron Tanneron (; oc, Tanaron) 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 Fra ...

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Taradeau Taradeau (; oc, Taradèu) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It als ...

(83134) # Tourrettes (83138) #

Trans-en-Provence Trans-en-Provence (; Provençal: ''Tranç'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Trans-en-Provence is famous among the ufologists as the site of an alleged UFO incident called th ...

(83141) # Trigance (83142) #

Vidauban Vidauban () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies on the bank of the river Argens. Geography Climate Vidauban has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate cla ...

(83148)

History

The arrondissement of Draguignan was created in 1800.Historique du Var
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Var, it received two communes from the

arrondissement of Brignoles The arrondissement of Brignoles is an Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. It has 67 Communes of France, com ...

, and it lost six communes to the arrondissement of Brignoles. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Draguignan were, as of January 2015: # Callas # Comps-sur-Artuby #

# Fayence # Fréjus # Grimaud # Lorgues # Le Luc # Le Muy # Saint-Raphaël # Saint-Tropez # Salernes

References

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