 The town is at the gates of Verdon River, at 60 km from the sea and 80 km from the snow stations.Aups is named "Capital of Haut-Var" and "Capital of the truffle" and was made a part of the "Parc naturel régional du Verdon" in 2000.Its typically Mediterranean climate makes the village a healthy place to live.The village was named "Oppidum de Alpibus" (town of the Alps) then "Castrum de Alpibus" (fortress of the Alps), "castrum de Almis", then "Alps" and now Aups.