Tourrettes (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Tourrettes is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is popular with tourists. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon (linking Nice to Grenoble through the Alps).
In the recent years a high-standing golf resort has settled in Tourrettes, the Domaine de Terre Blanche.
The aerodrome of Fayence-Tourrettes was one of the most active in Europe.
Geography Climate
Tourrettes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Tourrettes is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Tourrettes was on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 1985.
Population
See also Communes of the Var department
References
External links
Homepage Commune de Tourrettes More info Gliding at Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield