Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
The cave of Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
Intercommunality	Sainte-Baume Mont-Aurélien
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Vincent Martinez
Area1	24.91 km2 (9.62 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,144
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	83093 / 83640
Elevation	510–1,148 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Var department

References

• INSEE