Tourrettes (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the

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in southeastern

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Tourrettes is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern

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and the

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, which borders the sea between

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and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is popular with tourists. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route

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(linking

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through the

). In the recent years a high-standing golf resort has settled in Tourrettes, the Domaine de Terre Blanche. The aerodrome of Fayence-Tourrettes was one of the most active in Europe.

Geography

Climate

Tourrettes has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

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''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Tourrettes 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 Tourrettes was on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 1985.

Population

References

External links

Homepage Commune de TourrettesMore infoGliding at Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield
Communes of Var (department) {{Var-geo-stub

Geography

Climate

Population

See also

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