Ramatuelle (;
Provençal: ''Ramatuela'') is a
commune
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* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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in the
Var department of the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in Southeastern
France
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. In 2016, it had a population of 2,077.
History
Ramatuelle lies near
St-Tropez,
Sainte-Maxime and
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 ...
. It was built on a hill to defend itself against enemies. The town was known in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
as ''Ramatuella'' (derived from the
Arabic
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''Rahmatollah'' i.e. '' رحمة الله '' 'the mercy of God') and was part of the area ruled by the
Moors
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Moors are not a distinct or ...
of nearby
Fraxinet
Fraxinetum or Fraxinet ( ar, فرخشنيط, translit=Farakhshanīt or , from Latin language, Latin ''fraxinus'': "fraxinus, ash tree", ''fraxinetum'': "ash forest") was the site of a Muslim fortress in Provence between about 887 and 972. It ...
in the ninth and tenth centuries.
[P. Sénac, "Contribution a l'étude des incursions Musulmanes dans l'Occident Chrétien: la localisation du Ğabal al-Qilāl" ''Revue de l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée'', 31 (1981) 7–14.]
File:Ramatuele - panoramio (8).jpg, Centre of the village
File:83350 Ramatuelle, France - panoramio.jpg, Mediterranean coast
File:Chateauvolterra.jpg, Château Volterra.
Geography
Climate
Ramatuelle has a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Ramatuelle is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Ramatuelle was on 16 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 February 1956.
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):[Umayyad invasion of Gaul
The Umayyad invasion of Gaul occurred in two phases in 719 and 732. Although the Umayyads secured control of Septimania, their incursions beyond this into the Loire and Rhône valleys failed. By 759 they had lost Septimania to the Christian ...]
References
External links
Tourism Office
Communes of Var (department)
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