Comps-sur-Artuby
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Var | |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan | |
| Canton | Flayosc | |
| Community association | Dracénoise | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 31' E | |
| height | 736-1,178 m | |
| surface | 63.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 364 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 83840 | |
| INSEE code | 83044 | |
Comps-sur-Artuby is a French municipality with 364 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Comps-sur-Artuby is 34 km north of Draguignan on the D955 in the direction of Castellane in the Verdon Regional Nature Park on a hill above the Artuby , a river that winds through a deep gorge and finally south-east of La Palud-sur-Verdon into the Verdon flows out.
history
From archaeological findings we know that the area around Comps-sur-Artuby was already populated in the Copper Age and Iron Ages.
In sources from the 11th century, the place appears under the name in Cumbis . Due to a gift from Queen Johanna I of Anjou, rulership of the place was partly due to the House of Pontevès . In the 13th century there was a commandery of the Order of St. John in Comps-sur-Artuby, which Charles of Durazzo besieged and conquered. The population had to flee and founded several villages in the area.
Attractions
- The village, which was formerly located high on a hill, migrated downhill over time. Remnants of the fortifications are still preserved from the former site. The old bridge over the Artuby and the old mill on the right bank of the river are also worth seeing.
- The former Saint-André church , also known as the Templar Church, dates from the 12th to 13th centuries. The apse is provided with a hemispherical vault. The two-bay nave with pointed arches has no aisles. The side tower dates from the 15th century, the other two from the 16th and 17th centuries.
- The Romanesque chapel of Saint-Jean from the 12th century, like the Romanesque-Provencal chapel of Saint-Didier from the 13th century and the old arched bridge from the 17th century, which crosses the Artuby in the district of La Souche , is classified as a monument historique .
Saint-Jean chapel
Saint Didier Chapel
Personalities
- Comps-sur-Artuby was the home of Arnaud de Comps († 1163) and Bertrand de Comps († 1239/40), two grandmasters of the Order of Malta .
- Père Sauveur-André Pellas (1667–1727), author of the Dictionnaire provençal et françois , published in Avignon in 1723 , the first dictionary of the Provencal language , was born in Comps.
economy
Comps-sur-Artuby used to be an important market and transit point. Today agriculture and tourism shape economic life.
