Comps-sur-Artuby

Comps- sur -Artuby is a commune of 313 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Var department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Comps- sur -Artuby located 34 kilometers north of Draguignan on the D955 towards Castellane in the Regional Natural Park Verdon on a hill above the Artuby, a river that winds through a deep gorge and finally south-east from La Palud- sur -Verdon in Verdon flows.

History

Through archaeological evidence we know that the area around Comps- sur -Artuby was already inhabited in the Chalcolithic and Iron Age.

In the sources of the 11th century the place appears under the name in Cumbis. The rule about the place was for the house Pontevès due to a donation of Queen Joanna I of Anjou in part. In the 13th century there was a Commandery of the Knights in Comps- sur -Artuby, Charles of Durazzo besieged and captured. The population had to flee and founded several villages in the area.

Attractions

  • The once highly Perched on a hilltop village migrated over time into the valley. From the former place still remains of the fortifications have been preserved. Also worth seeing is the old bridge over the Artuby and the old mill on the right bank.
  • The former church of Saint -André, also called Templar church, dates from the 12th to the 13th centuries. The apse is provided with a Hemispherical vault. The zweijochige nave with pointed arches has no aisles. The side tower dates from the 15th century, the other from the 16th and 17th centuries both.
  • The Romanesque chapel Chapelle Saint -Jean from the 12th century as the Romanesque- Provence chapel Chapelle Saint -Didier in the 13th century and the old arch bridge from the 17th century, which crosses the Artuby in the district of La Souche, as a monument historique classified.

Personalities

  • Comps- sur -Artuby was the home of Arnaud de Comps († 1163 ) and Bertrand de Comps († 1239/40 ) two grand masters of the Order of Malta.
  • Père Sauveur- André Pellas, author of the 1723 published in Avignon Dictionnaire provençal et françois, the first dictionary of the Romance languages ​​, was born in Comps.

Economy

Previously, Comps- sur -Artuby an important market and transit point. Today, agriculture and tourism dominate the economic life.

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Draguignan Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Verdon (river) Joanna I of Naples Knights Hospitaller Charles III of Naples Bay (architecture) Romanesque art Ampus Bargemon Callas (Var) Callian (Var) Claviers Cogolin Fayence Flayosc Gassin Grimaud, Var La Croix-Valmer La Garde-Freinet Le Cannet-des-Maures Le Luc Le Muy Le Thoronet Les Arcs, Var Lorgues Montauroux Le Plan-de-la-Tour Puget-sur-Argens Ramatuelle Roquebrune-sur-Argens Saint-Tropez Sainte-Maxime Salernes Seillans Tanneron Taradeau Tourrettes, Var Tourtour Trans-en-Provence Vidauban Villecroze
199201
de