Collobrières | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Collobrières (83).svg |
Arrondissement: | Toulon |
Canton: | Le Luc |
Insee: | 83043 |
Postal Code: | 83610 |
Mayor: | Christine Amrane[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.2381°N 6.3097°W |
Elevation M: | 131 |
Elevation Min M: | 58 |
Elevation Max M: | 776 |
Area Km2: | 112.68 |
Collobrières (in French pronounced as /kɔlɔbʁijɛʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Colobrieras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,874.
Collobrières has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Collobrières 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 Collobrières was on 5 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 February 1999.
Collobrières main exports are edible chestnuts which are made into things like marron glacé and ice cream. They also grow trees for cork production.
Collobrières uses the Euro, since it's part of France. But since 2008, the french franc was introduced back as a side currency, to let people see how much the prices changed, and to cultivate tourism.