Correns

Correns
A general view of the village A general view of the village
Coat of arms of Correns Coat of arms
Correns
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Correns
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Cotignac
Intercommunality	Comté de Provence
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michaël Latz
Area1	37.06 km2 (14.31 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	815
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	83045 / 83570
Elevation	139–561 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Correns 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.

It is at the entry of two gorges: Vallon Sourn and the Bagarède. The village is on the banks of the Argens River. Correns bills itself as "le 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 produce 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.

See also

• Communes of the Var department

References

• INSEE

External links

• official website (French)