Draguignan

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Draguignan is a French city, in the Var département, of which it is a sous-préfecture, self-proclaimed "capital of Artillery" and "Porte du Verdon". At the 1999 census the population was 32,829 inhabitants. The commune's land area is 53.75 km² (20.753 sq mi). The city is only 42 km from St. Tropez, and 80 km from Nice.

[edit] Major attractions

• Museum of Artillery (Napoleonic wars, World War I, World War II, Indochina, etc)
• Museum of "Arts et traditions populaires"
• Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial (American WWII cemetery) (see operation Dragoon)
• The Eglise St Michel
• Eglise Notre-Dame du Peuple

[edit] Twinned town

• Tuttlingen, Germany

[edit] External links

• City council website (in French)

Coordinates: 43°32′25″N, 6°28′00″E