Le Plan-de-la-Tour

Le Plan-de-la-Tour
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Sainte-Maxime
Community association	Golfe de Saint-Tropez
Coordinates	43 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 33'  E
height	25-540 m
surface	36.80 km 2
Residents	2,827 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	77 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	83120
INSEE code	83094
Website	http://www.plandelatour.net/
Saint Martin Church

Le Plan-de-la-Tour (until 2008 Plan-de-la-Tour ) is a commune with 2,827 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Sainte-Maxime in the Arrondissement of Draguignan .

geography

Le Plan-de-la-Tour is surrounded by wooded hills in a fertile plain on the Préconil and its tributaries in the Massif des Maures . From here the Colle Dure rise to 538 m and the Santpeire to 412 m. In addition to the town of Le Plan-de-la-Tour, there are 24 other villages and hamlets in the municipality. From the village of Valaury, located on a hill, you can see the entire river valley.

history

The beginnings of the history of Le Plan-de-la-Tour go back to prehistoric times. Dolmens , menhirs and arrowheads document the presence of people in the Neolithic megalithic culture and the Bronze Age around 2500 years before our era. Archaeological finds also prove the settlement in the Celtic-Ligurian and Gallo-Roman epochs.

After the Saracen settlement in the early Middle Ages, modern history begins between the 10th and 12th centuries with a small village on a hill, which appears in the sources as the Castrum de Planaturris . In the 15th century, the population retreated to the hinterland, fleeing from the approaching Saracens. Soon the area, which also suffered from plague epidemics, was almost completely deserted. It was not until the 16th century that people slowly settled in the surrounding villages. At the beginning of the 17th century, the current name Plan de la Tour appears in the documents for the first time .

During the French Revolution , Plan-de-la-Tour broke away from La Garde-Freinet and became an independent municipality in 1792. By decree of October 3, 2008, the municipality was renamed Le Plan-de-la-Tour.

population

Since the early 1960s, Le Plan-de-la-Tour has seen strong population growth. Within a good 40 years, the population tripled from around 820 to more than 2500 inhabitants.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	820	1036	1260	1448	1991	2380	2859	2827
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Personalities

• Le Plan-de-la-Tour inspired the writer Jean Aicard (1848–1921) to write his novel "Maurin des Maures".
• Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp own a house in Le Plan-de-la-Tour.

Town twinning

Since 1994, Le Plan-de-la-Tour has maintained a partnership with the Italian municipality of Perosa Argentina in Piedmont .

Web links

Commons : Le Plan-de-la-Tour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2008-1021  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.