Tourves

Tourves is a commune with 4879 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Var department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Tourves lies in the vast agricultural plain of Caramytals the foot of the 546 m high Piégros, one of the last foothills of the Massif de la Sainte -Baume, which rises in the south. From here the Caramy flows through a scenic gorge with caves and karst caves in the valley. To the east of the village there is a crisscrossed by several ponds plane which extends over an area of ​​three acres and is fed by numerous sources.

The esplanade of the Château de Valbelle is protected as a Site Inscrit. From the top of Saint- Probace from a wide panorama over the town and the Caramytal.

History

The city dates back to the late antique ad Turrem, a fortified settlement in the Celto - Ligurian time in late antiquity the Tabula Peutingeriana According to a way station.

Population

Since the early 1960s, the community was able to register above average, mostly above -average growth. From 1962 up to the survey in 2006, the population of 1562 tripled to 4641 residents with a primary residence in Tourves.

Twinning

The community maintains a partnership with the Italian community Perinaldo in Liguria.

Economy

The original main source of income was agriculture, were produced in a wide range of products. The spectrum ranged from viticulture on fish and snail farming to beekeeping. Today, this sector is declining and has been superseded by commerce, services and industry. An important branch of the industrial economy is the mining of bauxite.