Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

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Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Commune
The cave of Sainte-Baume
The cave of Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms
Location of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is located in France
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coordinates: 43°19′46″N 5°43′01″E / 43.3295°N 5.717°E / 43.3295; 5.717Coordinates: 43°19′46″N 5°43′01″E / 43.3295°N 5.717°E / 43.3295; 5.717
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVar
ArrondissementBrignoles
CantonSaint-Cyr-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityCA Provence Verte
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Carine Paillard[1]
Area
1
24.91 km2 (9.62 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
2,174
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83093 /83640
Elevation510–1,148 m (1,673–3,766 ft)
(avg. 700 m or 2,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (Provençal: Lo Plan d’Aups de la Santa Bauma) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies to the north of the Sainte-Baume mountain range.

Second World War[]

In June 1944, at the aftermath of D-Day when the French Resistance went on an offensive against the German occupiers, the hills near Plan-d'Aups were the site of a bloody battle. Some 200 Maquis had set up a camp there, commanded by SOE agent Robert Burdett. They were attacked by large German forces. Though taken by surprise due to a faulty placing of guards, the Maquis did inflict considerable casualties on the Germans and many of them managed to escape into the surrounding mountains.[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. ^ Evelyn Le Chene, "Watch for Me by Moonlight" (wartime experiences of Robert Burdett), Corgi, London 1974


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