La Valette-du-Var
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La Valette-du-Var ( Provençal Occitan: ''La Valeta'') is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Var department in the
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in southeastern
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Population


Notable people

The village cemetery contains the grave of
Joseph Pujol Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
, who died in 1945 and who, under his stage name of "Le Pétomane", was a famous
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Twin towns – sister cities

La Valette-du-Var is twinned with: *
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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):Official website
(in French) Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub