Tourtour | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Tourtour.svg |
Arrondissement: | Brignoles |
Canton: | Flayosc |
Insee: | 83139 |
Postal Code: | 83690 |
Mayor: | Fabien Brieugne[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.5903°N 6.3031°W |
Elevation M: | 635 |
Elevation Min M: | 375 |
Elevation Max M: | 904 |
Area Km2: | 28.69 |
Tourtour (in French pronounced as /tuʁtuʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Tortor) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Called "the village in the sky of Provence" (le village dans le ciel de Provence), Tourtour overlooks a large part of Provence from the town of Fréjus along the Mediterranean coast in the east to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire, a favorite subject of the painter Paul Cézanne, in the west.
The Bastide de Tourtour, a local hotel, was prominently featured in the film Day of the Jackal and the 2010 ITV series "Monte Carlo or bust".