Tourrettes, Var

Tourrettes
Chautard river with an ancient watermill, in Tourrettes
Chautard river with an ancient watermill, in Tourrettes
Coat of arms of Tourrettes
Location of Tourrettes
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Tourrettes is located in France
Tourrettes
Tourrettes
Tourrettes is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tourrettes
Tourrettes
Coordinates: 43°37′27″N 6°42′11″E / 43.6242°N 6.7031°E / 43.6242; 6.7031
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVar
ArrondissementDraguignan
CantonRoquebrune-sur-Argens
IntercommunalityPays de Fayence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Camille Bouge[1]
Area
1
33.99 km2 (13.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,873
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83138 /83440
Elevation155–592 m (509–1,942 ft)
(avg. 334 m or 1,096 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourrettes (French pronunciation: [tuʁɛt]; Occitan: Torretas) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Dolmen de Tourrettes

Tourrettes is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is popular with tourists. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon (linking Nice to Grenoble through the Alps).

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.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.