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Artigues

Pop. : 115 Surface : 3,185 ha

The Department of Var

On route D561 which links Rians (5km.) to Varages (13km.).

Artigues is located at the bottom of the hill where one can find the ruins of the old medieval town.

lt was in this little village that the oldest dwellings of Europe were discovered dating 40,000 years before our time.

The prehistoric cave found in the hill proves the existence of people living tsere in 60,000 B.C.



Historic sites to see :

St. Foy Church (1945).
Prehistoric caves.
The town archives (one of the oldest in France).


Lodging :

see Saint Maximin and Rians.


Neighbouring villages :

Esparron de Pallières (3 km),
Saint Martin (8 km)
& Varages (13 km).


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