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Draguignan is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 city, in the Var
Var (département)

The Var is a French departments of France in Provence, in southeast France. It takes its name from the Var River, which used to flow along its eastern boundary, but which now flows into the Mediterranean further to the east....
 département, of which it is a sous-préfecture
Sous-préfecture

Subprefectures are the administrative towns of arrondissement in France in France that do not contain the Prefectures in France for its departments of France....
, self-proclaimed "capital of Artillery" and "Porte du Verdon
Verdon River

The Verdon is a 166 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its source is at an altitude of ?2400 m, in the south-western Alps , near the col d'Allos, in the Trois Eveches mountain range, south of Barcelonnette....
". At the 1999 census
INSEE

INSEE is the France List of national and international statistical services for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the Economy of France and society, carrying out the periodic national census....
 the population was 32,829 inhabitants. The commune's land area is 53.75 km² (20.753 sq mi).






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Draguignan is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 city, in the Var
Var (département)

The Var is a French departments of France in Provence, in southeast France. It takes its name from the Var River, which used to flow along its eastern boundary, but which now flows into the Mediterranean further to the east....
 département, of which it is a sous-préfecture
Sous-préfecture

Subprefectures are the administrative towns of arrondissement in France in France that do not contain the Prefectures in France for its departments of France....
, self-proclaimed "capital of Artillery" and "Porte du Verdon
Verdon River

The Verdon is a 166 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its source is at an altitude of ?2400 m, in the south-western Alps , near the col d'Allos, in the Trois Eveches mountain range, south of Barcelonnette....
". At the 1999 census
INSEE

INSEE is the France List of national and international statistical services for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the Economy of France and society, carrying out the periodic national census....
 the population was 32,829 inhabitants. The commune's land area is 53.75 km² (20.753 sq mi). The city is only from St. Tropez, and from Nice.

Major attractions

  • Museum of Artillery
    Artillery

    Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
     (Napoleonic wars
    Napoleonic Wars

    The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
    , World War I
    World War I

    World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
    , World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
    , Indochina
    French Indochina

    French Indochina was the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
    , etc)
  • Museum of "Arts et traditions populaires"
  • Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial
    Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial

    The Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial is an American war cemetery in Southern France, memorializing American soldiers and mariners who died in Second World War operations in that area....
     (American WWII cemetery) (see operation Dragoon
    Operation Dragoon

    Operation Dragoon was the Allies invasion of southern France, on August 15, 1944, as part of World War II. The invasion took place between Toulon and Cannes....
    )
  • The Eglise St Michel
  • Eglise Notre-Dame du Peuple


Twinned town

  • Tuttlingen
    Tuttlingen

    Tuttlingen is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, capital of the Tuttlingen . The county includes several surrounding towns including Trossingen, Spaichingen, and M?hlheim....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....


External links

  • (in French)