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
Lo Muei (Occitan) | |
|---|---|
 The Charles Quint Tower, an historic monument which contains the Liberation Museum. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Muy  | |
  Le Muy  Le Muy | |
| 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 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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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
editIn the Charles Quint Tower (Tour Charles Quint), tourists can visit the Liberation Museum,[4] about Operation Dragoon in 1944.
See also
editReferences
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
External links
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