Trans-en-Provence

Trans-en-Provence
The river, bridge and buildings in Trans-en-Provence The river, bridge and buildings in Trans-en-Provence
Coat of arms of Trans-en-Provence Coat of arms
Trans-en-Provence
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Trans-en-Provence
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Draguignan
Intercommunality	Draguignan
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Lecointe
Area1	16.99 km2 (6.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,407
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	83141 / 83720
Elevation	100–272 m (328–892 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Trans-en-Provence is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Trans-en-Provence is famous among the ufologists as the site of an alleged UFO incident called the "Trans-en-Provence Case".

History

The village which was originally located on the hill St Victor took the name Trans (Latin: "beyond") on moving across the river Nartuby. The name appears in 1004, in the proceedings of the cartulary of the Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille. At the end of the twelfth century, the village came under the authority of the Count of Provence who gave it as a fief in 1200 to Giraud de Villeneuve. From that date until 1789, members of the Villeneuve family were the Lords of Trans. The seigneurial seat was transformed into a château-fort in the 14th century. From that time the village, decimated by the Black Death, expanded with the cultivation of olives. In 1506, Louis de Villeneuve, seigneur de Trans, received the title of marquis from Louis XII, in recompense for his actions in the Italian Wars.

Air well

File:Puits aerien knappen trans 83 00.jpg

Air well of Belgian engineer Achile Knapen in Trans-en-Provence.

See also

• Communes of the Var department
• Trans-en-Provence Case

References

• INSEE