Correns

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Correns
Commune
A general view of the village
A general view of the village
Coat of arms of Correns
Coat of arms
Location of Correns
Correns is located in France
Correns
Correns
Coordinates: 43°29′18″N 6°04′49″E / 43.4883°N 6.0803°E / 43.4883; 6.0803Coordinates: 43°29′18″N 6°04′49″E / 43.4883°N 6.0803°E / 43.4883; 6.0803
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVar
ArrondissementBrignoles
CantonBrignoles
IntercommunalityCA Provence Verte
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicole Rullan[1]
Area
1
37.06 km2 (14.31 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
912
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83045 /83570
Elevation139–561 m (456–1,841 ft)
(avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Correns (Occitan: Correnç) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Its name in the Provençal language is Courrens. The geographic position of the village is almost in the middle of the linking "autoroute" A8 from Aix-en-Provence to Cannes, only about 10 kilometers in the north.

It is at the entry of two gorges: and the . The village is on the banks of the Argens River. Correns bills itself as (the) "Premier Village Bio de France". Bio(logique) is the French term for organic, so this means "France's first organic village" where all food and grapes produced are organic. Its main product is wine.

Popular culture[]

From January to July 1979, English progressive rock group Pink Floyd recorded part of their double studio album The Wall at the Studio Miraval located in Correns.

On August 23, 2014, actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt wed in Correns at Château Miraval in a private, nondenominational wedding.[3]

See also[]

  • Communes of the Var department

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Rivera, Zayda; Hutchinson, Bill (28 August 2014). "Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt get married in France". NY Daily News. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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