Draguignan
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Draguignan, town (1990 pop. 32,851), capital of Var dept., SE France, in Provence. It is a rural town with some medieval remains. Tourism and textiles are the major industries. The old summer palace of the bishops of Fréjus (18th cent.), now a museum, is there.
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Draguignan is a French city, in the Var département, of which it is a sous-préfecture, self-proclaimed "capital of Artillery" and "Porte du Verdon". At the 1999 census the population was 32,829 inhabitants. The commune's land area is 53.75 km² (20.753 sq mi). The city is only 42 km from St. Tropez, and 80 km from Nice.
Major attractions
- Museum of Artillery (Napoleonic wars, World War I, World War II, Indochina, etc)
- Museum of "Arts et traditions populaires"
- Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial (American WWII cemetery) (see operation Dragoon)
- The Eglise St Michel
- Eglise Notre-Dame du Peuple
Twinned town
External links
- City council website (in French)
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