Le Luc

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Le Luc
Coat of arms of Le Luc
Le Luc (France)
Le Luc
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Var
Arrondissement Brignoles
Canton Le Luc (main town)
Community association Cœur du Var
Coordinates 43 ° 24 '  N , 6 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 24 '  N , 6 ° 19'  E
height 79-400 m
surface 44.16 km 2
Residents 11,067 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 251 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 83340
INSEE code 83073
Website http://www.mairie-leluc.com/

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Le Luc , including Le Luc-en-Provence is a French municipality with 11,067 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It is the capital of the canton of Le Luc in the Arrondissement of Brignoles .

geography

Le Luc is located in the center of the Var department, five kilometers from the French A8 La Provençale motorway, about halfway from Nice to Marseille near the junction to Toulon in the southwest.

history

In the year 1019, the place Luc, located on the Via Aurelia , appears in the area that was already populated in prehistoric times as Lucus in the springs, which means something like holy forest .

In the 14th century, Le Luc was under the rule of the Lords of Lascaris - Ventimiglia . In the 16th century they gave up their old castle in Le Luc and instead built a new residence with gardens at the foot of the hill that were laid out by André Le Nôtre . At the time of the French Revolution , the buildings were converted into a hospital. Today the facility no longer exists.

The Edict of Nantes allowed the Protestants in Le Luc as one of three localities in Provence to practice their religion freely, which contributed to the economic prosperity of the community.

In July 2003, the Franco-German Army Aviation Training Center Tiger was founded at Le Luc-Le Cannet airfield, in which aircraft crews are trained for the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter . A branch of the French Armed Forces Administration is also located here .

Attractions

  • In the center of the village, the 27-meter-high, hexagonal Tour Hexagonale of the former parish church of Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth from the 16th century and the campanile of the Tour de l'Horloge tower over the wickerwork of small streets and alleys on the flank of a hill pulls up.
  • The parish church of Notre-Dame-du-Carmel , which is in the Gothic- Provencal style, was built in the 15th and 16th centuries. Like the hexagonal tower and the 15th century Pont du Mage , it is classified as a Monument historique .
  • The Musée historique du Center Var in the Chapelle Ste Anne , built in 1662, shows its collection on the local history of dinosaur eggs and figures made of rhyolite from the Paleolithic to the recently discontinued bauxite mining .
  • The postage stamp museum Musée du Timbre in the old castle of the Lords of Ventimiglia
  • The Circuit Automobile du Var automobile test and racing track was laid out in 1965.

Web links

Commons : Le Luc  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bundeswehr administrative offices abroad at www.iud.bundeswehr.de