| Commune status | Commune |
|---|---|
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Roquebrune-sur-Argens |
| Insee | 83138 |
| Postal code | 83440 |
| Mayor | Camille Bouge[1] |
| Term | 2020–2026 |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Fayence |
| Coordinates | 43.6242°N 6.7031°E |
| Elevation m | 334 |
| Elevation min m | 155 |
| Elevation max m | 592 |
| Area km 2 | 33.99 |
Tourrettes (tuʁɛt; Occitan: Torretas) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Tourrettes is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is popular with tourists. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon (linking Nice to Grenoble through the Alps).
In the recent years a high-standing golf resort has settled in Tourrettes, the Domaine de Terre Blanche.
The aerodrome of Fayence-Tourrettes was one of the most active in Europe.
Geography
Climate
Tourrettes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Tourrettes is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 874.4 mm (34.43 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.2 °C (45.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Tourrettes was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.5 °C (4.1 °F) on 9 January 1985.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 743 | — |
| 1975 | 897 | +20.7% |
| 1982 | 1,067 | +19.0% |
| 1990 | 1,375 | +28.9% |
| 1999 | 2,180 | +58.5% |
| 2007 | 2,605 | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 2,823 | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 2,884 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2,972 | +3.1% |
INSEE[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE