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Communauté D'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon
Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon is an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Draguignan. It is located in the Var department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. It was created in October 2000. Its seat is in Draguignan.Fiche signalétique Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération BANATIC Its area is 914.7 km2. Its population was 107,124 in 2017, of which 39,340 in Draguignan proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Artillery" and "''Porte du Verdon''". The city is from Saint-Tropez, and from Nice. Name and motto According to legend, the name of the city is derived from the Latin name "Draco/Draconem" (''dragon''): a bishop, called Saint Hermentaire, killed a dragon and saved people. The Latin motto of Draguignan is ''Alios nutrio, meos devoro'' (I nourish others, I devour my own). Geography The elevation is 200 m. The highest hill near Draguignan is Malmont (551 m). The main river near Draguignan is the Nartuby. The city is set in a valley NW-SE, about wide. Climate Draguignan's climate is the same as the normal conditions of the Mediterranean climate. The nights of frost are rare and the negative temperatures occur on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Verdon. Geography Climate Comps-sur-Artuby has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csb''). The average annual temperature in Comps-sur-Artuby 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 Comps-sur-Artuby was on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 23 January 1963. 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] |
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 classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Vidauban 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 Vidauban was on 2 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 12 February 2012. Population Since the beginning of the 1980s Vidauban has experienced strong population growth. Within 20 years the population has more than doubled. 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] |
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 the " Trans-en-Provence Case". History The village, which was originally located on St Victor's hill, took the name Trans (Latin: "across") on moving across the river Nartuby. The name appears in 1004, in the proceedings of the cartulary of the Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille. At the end of the twelfth century, the village came under the authority of the Count of Provence who gave it as a fief in 1200 to Giraud de Villeneuve. From that date until 1789, members of the Villeneuve family were the Lords of Trans. The seigneurial seat was transformed into a ''château-fort'' in the 14th century. From that time the village, decimated by the Black Death, expanded with the cultivation of olives. In 1506, Louis de Villeneuve, ''seigneur de Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taradeau
Taradeau (; oc, Taradèu) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Shops Taradeau has many small but convenient shops and bars. There is a "tabac", groceries, bar/restaurant and baker's. The village has a yearly circus which appears around August time. The old supermarket "Super U" has been demolished and "Hyper U" has been constructed. It is a small village and the main language is French. La Tour de Taradel Taradeau contains a historical building that is interesting to visit. During the 12th Century AD, the French built a watch tower named "La Tour de Taradel". It is still present today. Every year Taradeau has a fireworks display on the local football field, celebrating the French Liberation, when the Germans lost their power over France. The main religion there is Roman Catholic. See also *Communes of the Var department The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var department of France. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: the Cascade de Sillans, 44 metres (48 yards) high. Sillans-la-Cascade 32.JPG, Château in Sillans-la-Cascade Gezicht op Sillans-la-Cascade.JPG, General view Sillans-la-Cascade.jpg, Cascade de Sillans 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) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salernes
Salernes (; oc, Salèrna) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Notable people * Paul Cotte (1825-1907), politician * Jacques de Bourbon Busset (1912-2001), novelist, essayist and diplomat * Serge Santucci (born 1944), sculptor 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-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. In 2019 it had a population of 722. 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):Saint-Antonin du Var, site officiel du village [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roque-Esclapon
La Roque-Esclapon (; oc, La Ròca Esclapon) 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. It had a population of 256 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 83 Var INSEE See also * Communes of the Var departmentReferences [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Southern France in August 1944. It lies to the southeast of Draguignan and north-northwest of Saint-Tropez. Population Tourism In the Charles Quint Tower (''Tour Charles Quint''), tourists can visit the Liberation Museum, about Operation Dragoon in 1944. 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 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Motte, Var
La Motte (; oc, La Mota) 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] |
Montferrat, Var
Montferrat () 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): Image:Montferrat (Eglise St-Roch).jpg, Church of St. Roch. Image:Montferrat (Chapelle N.D. de Beauvoir).jpg, Chapelle Notre-Dame de Beauvoir. References Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
