Figanières

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Figanières
Figanières coat of arms
Figanières (France)
Figanières
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Var
Arrondissement Draguignan
Canton Flayosc
Community association Dracénoise
Coordinates 43 ° 34 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 34 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  E
height 227-719 m
surface 28.17 km 2
Residents 2,605 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 92 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 83830
INSEE code 83056
Website http://www.figanieres.com/

Upper village with Saint-Michel church

Figanières is a French commune with 2,605 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Flayosc in the Arrondissement of Draguignan .

geography

Figanières lies in a landscape characterized by wooded hills with wide valleys. The Cabre d'Or , La Clue , Saint-Val and Panisse forests surround the town .

history

Archaeological finds document the prehistoric and ancient settlement of the area. The Cabre d'Or dolmen date back to the Neolithic Age, and there were Gallo-Roman villages near Saint-Pons , Salettes and Buyedoux . The Via Julia Augusta crossed Salettes .

In the 11th century, the name of today's place appears as Figanera or Figanigra for the first time in the sources around 1200 as Figanerie . The place was under the rule of the Counts of Marseilles and later until the 17th century under that of the Lords of Ventimiglia . The castle was destroyed in the 16th century.

Population development

At the beginning of the 1960s, Figanières was a municipality with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Due to an above-average increase in immigration, the population increased in some cases rapidly by the end of the millennium, despite an average negative birth balance , and exceeded the 2000 inhabitant mark.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 481 571 758 1176 1634 2230 2492 2602
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Culture and sights

The picturesque medieval village with narrow streets and old fountains is located on a hill around the parish church of Saint-Michel , which overlooks the town with its square tower. From the medieval castle of the Lords of Ventimiglia there are still ruins and a gate of the fortress wall.

The Notre-Dame-de-l'Olivier votive chapel was built in the 12th century. It is owned by the municipality. Since 1946 it has been a listed building as Inscrit Monument Historique .

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