Communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...
Dracénie Provence Verdon is an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
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 ...
. It is located in the
Var
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Places
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department, in the
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
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, southeastern
France
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. It was created in October 2000. Its seat is in Draguignan.
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BANATIC Its area is 914.7 km
2. Its population was 107,124 in 2017, of which 39,340 in Draguignan proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
Insee. Accessed 19 April 2021.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 23 communes:
#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 ...
# Les Arcs
# Bargème
# Bargemon
# La Bastide
# Callas
# Châteaudouble
#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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#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 ...
#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 ...
# Figanières
#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 ...
# Lorgues
#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, ...
# La Motte
#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 ...
#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 ...
#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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#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 ...
#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 ...
#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 ...
#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 ...
#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 ...
References
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