Tourtour

Tourtour (French pronunciation: [tuʁtuʁ]; Occitan: Tortor) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.

Tourtour
Commune
Overview of Tourtour
Coat of arms
Location of Tourtour
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Coordinates: 43°35′25″N 6°18′11″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Flayosc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Brieugne[1]
Area 1	28.69 km2 (11.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	583
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83139 /83690
Elevation	375–904 m (1,230–2,966 ft) (avg. 635 m or 2,083 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Called "the village in the sky of Provence" (le village dans le ciel de Provence), Tourtour overlooks a large part of Provence from the town of Fréjus along the Mediterranean coast in the east to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire, a favorite subject of the painter Paul Cézanne, in the west.

In popular culture

The Bastide de Tourtour, a local hotel, was prominently featured in the film Day of the Jackal and the 2010 ITV series "Monte Carlo or bust".

Sister cities

• Portaria, Greece

Gallery

• Sights of Tourtour
• 
  The Romanesque Saint-Denis Church
• 
  Tourtour town hall
• 
  Grimaldi tower

See also

• Communes of the Var department