Trans-en-Provence Trans-en-Provence Trans-en-Provence (Provençal: "Tranç") is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Trans-en-Provence is famous among the ufologists as the site of an alleged UFO incident called the "Trans-en-Provence Case". The village which was originally located on the hill St Victor took the name Trans (Latin: "beyond") on moving across the river Nartuby. The name appears in 1004, in the proceedings of the cartulary of the Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille. At the end of the twelfth century, the village came under the authority of the Count of Provence who gave it as
Alpes-Maritimes Turini, and Turini-Camp d'argent in the Authion mountains. According to the general census of the population on 1 January 2008, 23.2% of available housing in the department were second homes. The asteroid 100122 Alpes Maritimes is named in the département's honour, on the occasion of the thousandth discovery made from its territory. Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; , "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the extreme southeast corner of the country, near the border with Italy and on the Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it had a population of 1,080,771 in 2013. It has become