City: Aups is a municipality in the
South of France. It is located in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur. This place has had several names over the course of
time: Oppidum de Alpibus, Castrum de Alpibus, Castrum de Almis,
Alps and now Aups. This town is very old. There is an expression:
"I would prefer first to be in Aups, and secondly in
Rome". Aups has had its share of wars. A black page in
its history was the massacre of the Huguenots where 30 people
of Aups were slaughtered. In the 10th century Aups was destroyed
by the Saracens, before they themselves were defeated at the
Battle of Tourtour. Later in history Aups was at the centre
of the uprising against Napoleon after his coup d ' état.
During the Second World War Aups was a stronghold of revolt
against the Germans.
Fortunately, the situation today is different. Aups'
main industry is tourism. In addition other main sources of
income are: the finding and trading of truffles, art crafts,
agriculture and hunting and local crafts such as construction,
bee-keeping and the production of olive oil.
