Rians

Rians is a town of 4,300 people (2018) in Var in France.

The main employment is agriculture, predominantly wine. The town is made up of concentric medieval streets that work their way down the hill.

Zou! Bus Route 1001 provides service: La Verdière, Saint-Julien, and Ginasservis to Rians, then continues to Vinon-sur-Verdon and Manosque

Take the D 23 from Ginasservis from the north or the D# from St Maximim la Sainte Baume from the south.

Departmental road 561 arrives from Artigues (6.2 km) and Esparron.

This is a medieval town whose urban planning predates the internal combustion engine by 1000 years.

• The village is built on a hill that is dominated by a 12th-century bell tower and the church of Notre Dame de Nazareth.
• Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the great organ of Pascal Leray, and bells of the 16th century and 17th century.
• Chapelle Saint-Roc: Saint-Enfant property of the Pénitents-Blancs attributed to a Congregation of the Holy Child Jesus who became the Pénitents Bleus.
• Saint-Pierre Chapel
• Saint-Estève Chapel
• 43.7049565.7691941 ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor or "the way" (Latin)), Route de Vinon-sur-Verdon, St. Paul-lez-Durance, ☏ +33 4 42 17 66 25, visit@iter.org. An international nuclear research and engineering project to build the world's largest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. The ITER project aims to make the transition from experimental studies of plasma physics to an electricity-producing fusion power plants. ITER is designed to produce 500 megawatts of output power. Visitors are welcome year round on the first Friday of every month at the ITER site. General public visits include a stop at the Visitor's Centre for a presentation of the project followed by guided tour of the ITER platform where the ITER scientific facilities are under construction. Visit requests should be made at least four weeks in advance via online tool. Free of charge, groups larger than 8 must book a bus.  (updated Apr 2015)

Notable events in Rians include dancing in the squares on July 14, the Fête de St Laurent August 8 and the Fête de la Courge in October.

Olive oil, wine

Lamb

Rosé de Provence