Callian (Var)

Callian
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Roquebrune-sur-Argens
Community association	Pays de Fayence
Coordinates	43 ° 37 ' N , 6 ° 45' E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ' N , 6 ° 45' E
height	96-581 m
surface	25.42 km 2
Residents	3,206 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	126 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	83440
INSEE code	83029
Website	http://www.callian.fr/
	; Look at Callian

Callian is a French municipality with 3206 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

Callian is a Provencal mountain village in the far east of the Var department, near the border with the Alpes-Maritimes department . The place is about 35 kilometers west of Cannes and just as far north of Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël . The townscape is dominated by a castle from the 15th century, which, surrounded by narrow streets with old houses, protrudes from the center of the old town center.

From Callian you have a wide view of the valley, Tanneron and Lac de Saint-Cassien to the Esterel mountains and the Massif des Maures .

Community partnerships

Calliano (Piedmont), Italy
Calliano (Trentino), Italy

Personalities

The French doctor and botanist Michel Darluc (1717–1783) spent part of his life in Callian.
The French writer, polemicist, republican salonnière and women's rights activist Juliette Adam , née Lambert, (1836–1936) died in Callian.
The French journalist and politician Georges Clemenceau stayed in Callian many times.
The fashion designer Christian Dior (1905–1957) was buried in Callian.
Emmanuelle Cinquin (1908–2008), Belgian-French nun and “mother of the garbage people in Cairo”, lived in Callian since 1993, where she died at the age of 100.
The French expressionist Edouard Goerg (1893–1969) lived for many years in Callian, where he died and is buried on the grounds of his former estate.

Web links

Commons : Callian - collection of images, videos and audio files

Callian on provenceweb.fr in French