Aiguines
Aiguines
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The Château d'Aiguines with its view of the Lake of Sainte-Croix | |
Location of Aiguines | |
| Coordinates: 43°46′33″N 6°14′35″E / 43.7757°N 6.2431°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Flayosc |
| Intercommunality | Lacs et Gorges du Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Charles-Antoine Mordelet |
Area 1 | 114.43 km2 (44.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 272 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83002 /83630 |
| Elevation | 470–1,572 m (1,542–5,157 ft) (avg. 817 m or 2,680 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aiguines (French pronunciation: [ɛɡin]; Occitan: Aiguina) is a rural commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
It is located within the arrondissement of Brignoles, 18 km (11.1 mi) southwest of Castellane in neighbouring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the departmental border with which Aiguines is located on, following the flow of the Verdon River. In 2019, Aiguines had a population of 270.