In the past, the village was made up of eighteen hamlets or very remote districts.

Today, the town is made up of two main neighborhoods, which wind their way up the hillside:

• Le Planestel: in the center of the village, where the town hall is located.

• The Church district.

The winding road between the two offers numerous viewpoints, like so many different paintings, overlooking both the mountains and the Mediterranean.

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Historical point:

During the 17th century, the inhabitants of this sunny hillside – from which the village also takes its Provencal name – were forced to travel to Montauroux to attend church services. Because the distance was too great, the Adréchois asked for a chapel to be built. Notre-Dame des Maures was built in 1648, marking the first step towards the village’s autonomy.

Two centuries later, driven by a spirit of autonomy and independence, the inhabitants obtained the creation of the commune of “Les Adrets-de-Montauroux” in 1867 by imperial decree from Napoleon III. A few years later, our commune changed its name to “Les-Adrets-de-Fréjus”. Finally, it wasn’t until 1962 that the commune acquired its current name.

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Village development:

In the past, vines, fruit trees, strawberries and cereals were grown here. The village developed through cork lifting, coal mining and calcium fluorite mining. Until the mid-1980s, it was one of France’s most important mining sites.

The forest has provided work for many generations, who have shaped it to suit their needs. In fact, the people of Adréch were often lumberjacks, cork extractors or charcoal burners.

At the time, cork lifting was a very important activity in the commune, as it has many oak trees in its national forest. During the summer months, the old cork-lifters lived in the woods and were supplied with supplies on a weekly basis. Lifting is still carried out today, but to a lesser extent, in particular to “put to rest” many trees threatened by insects and disease.

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Some photos: