Pontevès
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Var | |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles | |
| Canton | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume | |
| Community association | Provence Verdon | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 2' E | |
| height | 240-813 m | |
| surface | 41.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 748 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 83670 | |
| INSEE code | 83095 | |
 Pontevès Castle Park |
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Pontevès is a French municipality with 748 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) 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-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume . For centuries, the Château de Pontevès was the seat of government of the Pontevès family .
geography
Most of the municipality of Pontevès is to the east of the village. To the south-east is the eight hundred meter high mountain Bessillon , the western, larger half of which lies entirely within the municipality. Are neighboring communities
- Riez in the north,
- Salernes and Draguignan in the east,
- Le Val and Brignoles in the south,
- Aix-en-Provence and Barjols to the west.
Town center
The old town center is located immediately south of the Château de Pontevès on a hill. From there there is a good view to the north, west and east. To the east of the closed development is the Saints-Gervais-et-Protais church from 1666, which has been classified as a Historic Building since 1981, and a little south of it is the 16th century oil mill, which has been a listed building since 1923. The town center has some picturesque, narrow, winding streets. On the western edge of the old town center there is still a memorial for the victims of the First World War.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 341 | 345 | 319 | 417 | 450 | 573 | 657 | 748 |
Personalities
- Guillaume de Jerphanion SJ (1877–1948), epigraphist, geographer, photographer, linguist, archaeologist and Byzantinist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monuments historiques Saints-Gervais-et-Protais French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Moulin à huile, puis coopérative agricole (coopérative oloéicole) Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel (French)