A touch of
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The village of Cogolin is set at the foot of the Maures
hills in a protected area. It has kept an authentic aspect with its old paved
streets, flowering squares, remains of an old castle, a clock tower with a drawbridge
and old fortifications.
But it is to its craftsmanship that Cogolin owes its international reputation
: carpet manufacture, pipe manufacture and reeds for wind instruments manufacture.
Cogolin also has the advantage of being set inland and having two accesses to
the sea with its marinas : Port Cogolin and Les Marines de Cogolin.
Area : 6 900 acres
Population : 10 800 inhabitants
A touch of
history :click
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Legend tells that aboard the boat carrying the body of the Christian martyr Torpes from Italy, which ran aground on the shores of today's Saint-Tropez , were a rooster ("coq" in French) and a dog. At the time, the bay was filled with dirty, briny water, infested with mosquitoes and reeds. The rooster flew away into a neighbouring linseed ("lin" in French) field...
... and the name Cogolin (Coq Au Lin!) , was born. No-one knows exactly what happened to the dog though ! The history of Cogolin has been largely influenced by Counts of Provence and the Religious Wars, then the latter-day Allied Landings.