Le Muy
Le Muy
Lo Muei (Occitan) | |
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Location of Le Muy | |
Coordinates: 43°28′25″N 6°34′00″E / 43.4736°N 6.5667°E / 43.4736; 6.5667 | |
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
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
In the Charles Quint Tower (Tour Charles Quint), tourists can visit the Liberation Museum,[4] about Operation Dragoon in 1944.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Liberation Museum
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Muy.
- Official site
- Tourisme Office website