Les Arcs (, also known as Les Arcs-sur-Argens, literally ''Les Arcs on Argens''; oc, Los Arcs) is a

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in the

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department in the

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in Southeastern

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. In 2019, it had a population of 7,066.

Geography

Les Arcs is served by Les Arcs–Draguignan station (''Gare des Arcs–Draguignan'') on the

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: ''Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille''; Italian: ''Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia'') is a French- Monégasque- Italian railway line. It opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872. It ...

. The station, located within the commune of Les Arcs, also serves the greater neighbouring city of Draguignan, as the name suggests. Les-arcs-sur-argens-01.jpg, Les Arcs Town Hall Les-arcs-sur-argens-25.jpg, A view of Les Arcs

Climate

Les Arcs has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

(

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''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Les Arcs is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Arcs was on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 February 1999.

Geography

Climate

Population

See also