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region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Flayosc
Community association	Lacs et Gorges du Verdon
Coordinates	43 ° 35 ' N , 6 ° 18' E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ' N , 6 ° 18' E
height	360-903 m
surface	28.69 km 2
Residents	581 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	83690
INSEE code	83139

Tourtour is a municipality in the Var département in the south of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It is located at an altitude of 635 m , 25 km northwest of Draguignan and has 581 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the canton of Flayosc in the Arrondissement of Brignoles . Tourtour has been included in the list of the most beautiful villages in France by the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France .

geography

The mountain village is 25 kilometers northwest of Draguignan and about 40 kilometers from the Verdon Gorge . Due to its location on a hill and the wide view over the extensive Provencal landscape of the middle Var from Fréjus on the Mediterranean to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire in the west, the place is known as the "village in the sky of Provence" ( village dans le ciel de Provence ).

coat of arms

Description: Two white brick towers in blue with a closed gate, above each of which a golden five-pointed star hovers

history

Finds from the Neolithic document the prehistoric settlement of the area. During the Iron Age, there were five oppidia and a guard in the Florièye Valley . Until the 10th century the place was called Valuègne-Saint-Domnin . Count Wilhelm I of Provence defeated the Saracens in 973 at the Battle of Tourtour . Today's village was built in trains from the 11th century around the medieval castle that still exists today. Tourtour is now a popular vacation spot.