The Mole | |
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parish church of La Môle | |
Information | |
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Regions | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var |
Watercourse | Verne, Mole |
Altitude | Between 15 and529 m |
Area | 45,28 km² |
Population | 1 418 hab. (2016) |
Density | 31,32 inhab./km² |
Official language | French |
Postal code | 83310 |
Telephone prefix | 33 4 94 |
Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
Location | |
![]() 43 ° 12 ′ 59 ″ N 6 ° 28 ′ 44 ″ E | |
Official site | |
The Mole is a municipality and a village in Var, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Understand
To go
The town of La Môle is accessible by the national road N98, since Cogolin, to the east, or La Londe-les-Maures, West.
Several bus lines serve the town (see list):
- 6832Roquebrune-sur-Argens - Hyères, via La Môle
- 7732 La Môle - Gassin (school)
- 7750 La Môle - Cogolin (school)
- 7802Saint Tropez - Toulon
- 1 La Môle Airport - Saint-Tropez (IATA : LTT, ICAO: LFTZ, International Airport of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez) (at the east exit of La Môle) – located in the town of La Môle. In the summer season, airlines are established to the towns of Geneva and If we, in Swiss, as well as to Nice
Circulate
To see
- 1 Castle of the Môle – Located outside the village, this castle was owned by composer Emmanuel de Fonscolombe (1810-1875). By decree of Napoleon III, signed on 1er August 1864, he becomes baron of La Môle. Her granddaughter, Marie Boyer de Fonscolombe, and her great-grandson, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, regularly stayed in this property, near the town's airfield. The estate has an older existence, from the beginning of the XIe century, and much of the family of Suffren, until 1770, year of the sale to the Boyer family of Fonscolombe.
- 2 Church of La Môle – parish church. The sundial on the facade reminds passers-by: “remember to live”.
- 3 Oppidum of Montjean – Celtic Oppidum, from the 4th century BC, between La Môle and Cavalaire-sur-Mer
- 4 Chapel of the Magdeleine –
site listed as historical monuments since 1993
Do
- 1 Verne dam – Created in 1991, this reservoir is used to supply drinking water to 10 municipalities in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. Since then, pedestrian and equestrian circuits have been fitted out for leisure hikes. The discovery of nature also makes it possible to admire the migratory birds, which now take advantage of this new stopover.