Post Code : 83980

Code Insee: 83070
Département : Var données économiques

Circonscription: 4ème

Canton: Collobrières (Bormes-les-Mimossa, Collobrières, le Lavandou)
Location : Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur (Côte d'Azur varoise)
Situation : France - Europe Grand Sud

Identification internationale Geonames FR.B8.83.3003713

N° SIREN de la mairie: 218 300 705

Indicatif téléphonique: 04

Altitude moyenne: 243 m. Altitude au centre-ville 8 m
Superficie : 2965 ha soit 29,65 km2

Latitude : N 43°39'54" - Longitude : E 7°4'43"

Localisation satellite

Population in 2007: 5 860 residents - density 198 inhabitants / km2
Workforce : 2 130 pers - Average 15 690 €/an - Unemployment rate 22% - Retired 27%

Male: 48% - Female: 52% données sociales

Annual budget: 15 M€

Second homes: 6900
Community spread over 12 km of coastline with 12 beaches and coves of fine sand in a protected environment.

Voisinage immédiat: Bormes 2 km à l'Ouest et le Rayol-Canadel 8 km à l'Est

La Môle est le cours d'eau qui traverse la commune

Inscrits : 5 150 (moyenne)

Européennes 2009

Municipales 2008

Présidentielles 2007

Européennes 2004

Résultats de toutes les élections municipales dans le Var

First mention of "Lauvandoun" around 1700, an alteration on Lavadou, a synonym of the word "lavoir" (washhouse), or "lavandula stoecha" a widespread flower in Provence.
Not far from Lavandou, in Cavalière Bay, the Greeks founded the city of Alconis.

1376, Saint Katerina of Sienna set foot in Le Lavandou.
1481, Saint Francis of Paul arrived from Calabria, and settled here ; it was the fishermen from The Lavandou who used to carry the Saint's statue in the processions that took place in Bormes.
It was pillaged and burnt down several times by Connétable de Bourbon's troops

1524, the Moor pirates in 1529, and ten years later by Charles-Quint's flottilla. The agglomeration was founded

1730 by Genoese fishermen ; 1765 saw the arrival of Catalan seamen.

1794 Napoleon Bonaparte visited to inspect the batteries installed there.
The composer Ernest Reyer is buried here : he contributed to the renown of The Lavandou. .
1973 Twin town of Kronberg (FRG) since May,25 1973.
Flower-competion award (3 flowers) and Pavillon Bleu.
Discover the history of Le Lavandou

Car park in Lavandou

Free car park: Place du Marché, Frédéric Mistral, Cosec

Regulated parking lots: 1h30 awith parking disc (April to November): streets in parking zone, parking du Soleil

Ticket machines: parking du Port (April to November)

Lavandou marina avec plan d'eau de 7 ha pour 1100 places
Evénements traditionnels: Corso Fleuri (mars), fête de la Saint Pierre (juin), fête du Romérage (septembre)
Le Lavandou: village touristique et balnéaire ouvert toute l'année dans le Var