Saint-Tropez, a town of “privileges” and “adjacent land,” benefited under the Ancien Régime from a special status. Hence the richness of its municipal archives, which preserve administrative documents dating back to… 1470. A true written heritage of the community of the Tropéziens throughout history.
A transcription dated March 15, 1621, refers to the act of rebirth of Saint-Tropez, signed on February 14, 1470 between Jean de Cossa, Baron of Grimaud, and Raphaël de Garezzio, a Genoese gentleman, as well as the deed of infeudation of the village signed by the same figures on October 15, 1470.
The parchment letters patent, from Francis I to Louis XIII (1542–1610), bearing their royal seals, have been preserved. They confirm the agreement of the privileges granted to the village since 1470.
The series of parish registers begins in 1692 for baptisms, marriages and burials. It is complete up to the Revolution. The decennial tables begin in 1572.
This allows us to trace the history of the families who contributed to the development of the village.