La Garde-Freinet

La Garde -Freinet is a commune with 1761 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Var department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur; it belongs to the district of Draguignan and Canton Grimaud.

History

Traditionally, La Garde -Freinet is regarded as the place where the Saracens settled in the 890 years in Provence (see: Fraxinetum ). After the battle of tour tour they were expelled 973 of Count William I of here ( and from Provence ).

Personalities

  • Henri Andréani, actor and director.
  • Patrick Modiano, a writer has in his own words ( in: Un pedigree, Paris 2005, p 116; German: A family tree, Munich 2007), his award-winning first novel, La Place de l' Etoile (Paris 1968, 2004; German Munich 2010) started in July 1966 to write in La Garde -Freinet.
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