Roquebrune-sur-Argens (in Occitan Of Provence Ròcabruna d' Argenç according to the traditional standard or Roco-Bruno d' Argèns according to the Standard mistralienne) is a common French, located in the department of the Var and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure. This commune is made up of the village of Roquebrune-sur-Argens and its two Bouverie districts (France) and Issambres, which does of it one of the largest village of France in surface.

Geography

Long 28 kilometers, the commune being itself on more 11  000 hectares with 11  000 inhabitants, which does of it one of the vastest communes of the of the department of Var east.

Very picturesque thousand-year-old village of which the high part, built on a rock, dominates the plain of Argens. Issambres is the maritime district of Roquebrune. It was known before the second world war for its theater (disappeared today) and its shaded beaches by pines.

Bouverie is the third pole of the commune, in the north of this one, surrounded by vine.

Cities Bordering

Frejus, Saint-Raphaël, Muy, Holy-Maxime

Municipalities bordering

History

Roquebrune-sur-Argens is a thousand-year-old city. It is at the 11th century that the commune was founded under the Latin name of Rocca bruna , in reference to the Rocher which overhangs the village. In 973, Guillaume Ier, Count de Provence drive out the Sarrasins which had invaded the area since more than one century. From there, the village passed all the Moyen-âge in insulation safe from its walls, avoiding as well the invaders as the epidemic S, the such Black Death. At the 15th century, prosperity returns and constructions start to extend out of the fortifications, for lack of place. Its opening on the world will concretize only in 1829, during the construction of the Pont of Argens which connects Roquebrune to the road of Italy .

Blasonnement

Of gold, with two sand rocks at side one of the other.

Places and Monuments

  • the parish church , of the 16th century has four interesting retables of XVe and XVIe centuries.

  • "Rocher" - Mountain of Roquebrune , In the east of the solid mass of the Moors.

  • Vault Saint Pierre , located at the southern exit of the city, old vault of Templiers.

  • Vault Saint Michel , in the enclosure of the " old woman ville" : Castrum , today place of exposure of painters.

  • the House of the Inheritance , on the history of the commune, prehistory (with some parts of the excavations of Bouverie) at our days.

  • the Relay Médiaval

  • the Museum of the Chocolate , in the old vault of the Hospital ones.

  • the House of the Soil

  • the Fish pond Gallo-Roman with the Issambres

Economic activities

  • Ceramic Roquebrune Site of the manufacture of ceramics frescos, tilings, credences, murals, fresco
  • the chocolate seller Gerard Courreau
  • the Field of Goods (viticultural field)
  • the Field of Bouverie (viticultural field)
  • Them (frescos of the Rock)
  • the Port of the Market-gardening Issambres
  • Tourism
  • and Horticulturists
  • the Orchises Vacherot'
  • the Gathering of the Rock (first free-gathering of the VAr)
  • pink Side : rose tree of garden
  • Robert Bedot - Cheese-making Refiner (better cheesemonger of France 2003)
  • ZAC of Blavet : of which the company Salfadis (industrial pork-butchery)
  • ZAC Garillans (Ront not of the 4 Ways)

Twin city

Festivities

  • Agricultural Festival: May 26th and 27th
  • Festival of Honey, in October
  • Rock of Azure (race of VTT), in October
  • Festival of the data base, in September
  • Sculpture in Freedom
  • the Medieval ones, 18 and 19 August
  • the Living room of Savors
  • Voices of Spring
  • Festival of the Painters

Sport

Personalities

External bonds

  • Site of the town hall of Roquebrune-sur-Argens
  • Site of the Municipal Office of Tourism of medieval Roquebrune-sur-Argens
  • the roquebrunoises
  • Localization of Roquebrune on Argens on mappy
  • Site of the Gathering of the Rock Roquebrune-sur-Argens

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