Tourrettes, Var

For other uses, see Tourette (disambiguation).

Tourrettes
Chautard river with an ancient watermill, in Tourrettes
Coat of arms
Tourrettes
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Tourrettes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Fayence
Intercommunality	Pays de Fayence
Government
• Mayor (2008–)	Camille Bouge
Area1	33.99 km2 (13.12 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,597
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	83138 / 83440
Elevation	155–592 m (509–1,942 ft) (avg. 334 m or 1,096 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tourrettes 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 a charming old Provençal village 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 attracting a foreign clientele.

The aerodrome of Fayence-Tourrettes was one of the most active in Europe.

Dolmen de la Verrerie Vieille.

See also

• Communes of the Var department

External links

• INSEE
• Homepage Commune de Tourrettes
• More info
• Dolmen de Tourrettes
• Gliding at Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield