La Motte, Var

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Motte

(2020–2026) Valérie Marcy^[1]Area

28.12 km² (10.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,968 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83085 /83920

Elevation10–320 m (33–1,050 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Motte (French pronunciation: [la mɔt]; Occitan: La Mota) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	818	—
1975	1,007	+3.01%
1982	1,557	+6.42%
1990	1,993	+3.13%
1999	2,345	+1.82%
2007	2,850	+2.47%
2012	3,000	+1.03%
2017	2,845	−1.06%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE