Today in Vérignon
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Weather in Vérignon
Live forecast — data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Coordinates 43.658, 6.265.
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Health in Vérignon
The Annuaire Santé directory (file dated 1 October 2026) lists no health professional in private practice or in a health centre in Vérignon. This does not mean that no care is available there: the directory does not cover every way of practising.
- Nearest doctor listed: Aups, about 5 km as the crow flies
- Nearest pharmacy listed: Aups, about 5 km as the crow flies
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Landscape and nature
A territory dominated by a remarkable downy oak wood. The subsoil holds the Vérignon syncline, an Eocene collapse structure filled with marls and red clays. A modified Mediterranean climate, with annual rainfall of the order of 900 mm; a zone of moderate seismic activity. The commune belongs to the Verdon Regional Nature Park.
Where to stay in Vérignon
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What to see, what to do
- Château des Blacas (18th century)
- A rectangular château of two storeys, with an attic storey and corner turrets, a courtyard and a private chapel, set in a park of centuries-old oaks. It was built by the Blacas family after the abandonment of the medieval fortress; it remained Blacas property until 1947 and then passed to the Rémusat family.
- Ruins of the medieval castle
- The remains of the Blacas fortress (13th century) on a rocky spur: round towers, a rectangular main range and an entrance defended by a barbican. The castle was abandoned in the early 18th century for want of water and comfort.
- Church of the Assumption
- A parish church going back to the 13th century (the former chapel of the feudal castle). It preserves 19th-century furnishings protected as historic monuments (a pulpit, panels, a processional banner); the vault of the Blacas family lies beneath the Marian altar.
- Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse
- A votive chapel at about 991 m above sea level, on the path from Aups to Vérignon, linked to a legend of a Blacas returning from crusade.
- Chapel of Saint-Priest
- A chapel established around 1098 at about 1,066 m above sea level, built on the remains of an oppidum of the Verucini and of an 11th-century fortified settlement.
- Dolmen of Le Défens
- A dolmen of the Chalcolithic period, evidence of prehistoric occupation of the area.
- Downy oak wood of Vérignon
- A remarkable forest of downy oaks, with old, gnarled trees, celebrated in the work of the writer Jacques de Bourbon Busset.
History of Vérignon
The name is thought to derive from the Verucini, a Gaulish tribe of Gallia Narbonensis; the Roman road from Fréjus to Riez crossed the territory (four milestones have been identified along the RD 49). Around the year 1000 the Blacas family, lords of Aups, settled here and built a medieval fortress on a rocky pinnacle. For want of water and comfort, that castle was abandoned in the early 18th century in favour of a new one in the park. The Blacas kept the estate until 1947. Starting from 76 inhabitants in 1793, the population peaked at 133 in 1861 before collapsing to 17 in 1975; today only a handful of residents remain, making Vérignon the least populated commune in the Var.
Getting to Vérignon
- By road: RD 49 crossing the commune (towards Bauduen and Lake Sainte-Croix)
- Public transport: Zou! regional network and on-demand transport (TAD).