Le Muy
Lo Muei (Occitan) | |
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The Charles Quint Tower, an historic monument which contains the Liberation Museum. | |
Coordinates: 43°28′25″N 6°34′00″E / 43.4736°N 6.5667°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Draguignan |
Canton | Vidauban |
Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Liliane Boyer[1] |
Area 1 | 66.58 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 9,646 |
• Density | 140/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83086 /83490 |
Elevation | 7–561 m (23–1,841 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Le Muy (French pronunciation: [lə mɥi]; Occitan: Lo Muei) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Le Muy was one of the first places to be liberated in the Allied invasion of Southern France in August 1944. It lies to the southeast of Draguignan and north-northwest of Saint-Tropez.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,820 | — |
1975 | 4,280 | +1.64% |
1982 | 5,442 | +3.49% |
1990 | 7,248 | +3.65% |
1999 | 7,826 | +0.86% |
2009 | 8,983 | +1.39% |
2014 | 9,389 | +0.89% |
2020 | 9,468 | +0.14% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Tourism
[edit]In the Charles Quint Tower (Tour Charles Quint), tourists can visit the Liberation Museum,[4] about Operation Dragoon in 1944.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Liberation Museum