Draguignan

Draguignan is a French town in the Var and the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur region. Draguignan is located near the railway line Marseille- Nice and the A8 motorway (La Provençale ) and has 37,501 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011).

The name of the city

The name of Draguignan dates back to Roman times. All medieval texts (the oldest dating from 909) give its Latin form Dragonianum or Draguinianum with small variations. Since place names on - anum consistently denote a Gallo- Roman estate, which was owned by a person whose name preserves the first part of the place name, may be assumed that Draguignan derived from personal names Draconius - and not, as rumored by the tradition which occupied existence of a dragon.

Management

Draguignan is the seat of a sub-prefecture after it was until 1974 the capital of the Var department.

Draguignan counts as one of the largest garrisons of the French army. The city is the seat of the military schools of Draguignan ( Écoles militaires de Draguignan [ short: EMD ] ), these are: the French infantry school ( École de l' infantry ) and the French Artillery School ( Ecole d'Artillerie ). Furthermore, there is a so-called defense base ( Base de défense ) and a supply - and-material (5e BSMAT ). On the military schools of Draguignan there is also a German Army connecting rod, which covers the areas of competence of infantry and artillery, and thus makes a contribution to German - French cooperation in the military field.

Twinning

Draguignan has since 1989 been twinned with the German town of Tuttlingen in Baden- Württemberg. Since 2008, a treaty of friendship with the Swiss municipality of Bex is in the canton of Vaud.

Attractions

  • American military cemetery ( Operation Dragoon )
  • Artillery Museum
  • Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions
  • Pierre de la Fée ( Fairy stone ) and other Dolmen within
  • Clock Tower
  • The community is associated as a place of access to the Regional Natural Park Verdon.

Persons with respect to Draguignan

  • Louis MORERI, († 1680), encyclopedist, studied in Draguignan
  • Maximin Isnard († 1825), politician during the French Revolution
  • François- Juste -Marie Raynouard, (* 1761, † 1836), playwright and philologist
  • Henri Mulet, (* 1878, † 1967), organist and composer, died in Draguignan
  • Jean -Marie Auberson ( * 1920, † 2004), conductor, died in Draguignan
  • Michel Constantin (* 1924, † 2003), actor, died in Draguignan
  • Philippe Séguin ( * 1943, † 2010), politician, went to school in Draguignan

Sons and daughters of the town

Were born in Draguignan:

The Municipal Theatre of Draguignan ( Théatre Municipal).

The train station of Draguignan, officially and after closure of the section of Les Arcs - Draguignan still called so.

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