Aiguines | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Aiguines.svg |
Arrondissement: | Brignoles |
Canton: | Flayosc |
Insee: | 83002 |
Postal Code: | 83630 |
Mayor: | Charles-Antoine Mordelet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Lacs et Gorges du Verdon |
Coordinates: | 43.7757°N 6.2431°W |
Elevation M: | 817 |
Elevation Min M: | 470 |
Elevation Max M: | 1572 |
Area Km2: | 114.43 |
Aiguines (in French pronounced as /ɛɡin/; Occitan (post 1500);: Aiguina) is a rural commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
It is located within the arrondissement of Brignoles, 18 km (11.1 mi) southwest of Castellane in neighbouring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the departmental border with which Aiguines is located on, following the flow of the Verdon River. In 2019, Aiguines had a population of 270.
Aiguines has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Aiguines is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Aiguines was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 February 2012.