Lorgues

Lorgues
A general view of the village
Coat of arms
Lorgues
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Lorgues
Coordinates: 43°29′42″N 6°21′40″E / 43.4949°N 6.3612°E / 43.4949; 6.3612Coordinates: 43°29′42″N 6°21′40″E / 43.4949°N 6.3612°E / 43.4949; 6.3612
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Lorgues
Intercommunality	Draguignan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Alemagna
Area1	64.37 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	8,874
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	83072 /83 510
Elevation	70–343 m (230–1,125 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lorgues is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Lorgues is located in the middle of wineries and fields of olive trees. It is in the center of the department of the Var between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gorges du Verdon. The village centre has a very large open-air market every Tuesday for fish, poultry, meat, fruit, vegetables, pastries, clothes and other products, which is very popular with locals, tourists and residents of other nearby villages.

It is reached via the A8 motorway (20 km away) or the SNCF Les Arcs-Draguignan railway station (12 km); by air, Toulon-Hyères Airport is 45 minutes away, Nice Côte d'Azur Airport 1 hour, and Marseille Provence Airport 1 hour 30 minutes.

See also: Lorgues Memory and Patrimony : [2]