Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

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Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (France)
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Var
Arrondissement Brignoles
Canton Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Community association Communauté de communes Sainte Baume-Mont Aurélien
Coordinates 43 ° 20 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E
height 510-1,148 m
surface 24.91 km 2
Residents 2,158 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 87 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 83640
INSEE code

Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume pilgrimage site

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is a French commune in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Brignoles and the canton of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer . The neighboring municipalities are Saint-Zacharie and Nans-les-Pins in the north, Mazaugues in the east, Signes , Riboux and Cuges-les-Pins in the south, Gémenos in the southwest and Auriol in the west.

In the municipality there is the pilgrimage site of la Sainte-Baume , a grotto in which, according to legend, Mary Magdalene is said to have lived as a hermit.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2014
195 185 207 249 361 764 1,296 2,022

Web links

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