Draguignan

Draguignan lies in the hills of eastern Provence, inland from the Mediterranean coast. It became the seat of a viguerie in the fifteenth century, giving the town an important judicial and administrative role in the surrounding country. Visitors and officials found accommodation in its inns, while the bishops of Fréjus maintained a summer residence here. In the eighteenth century Draguignan's population grew alongside the responsibilities of its regional institutions.