Six-Fours-les-Plages (French pronunciation: [si fuʁ le plaʒ]; Occitan: Sièis Forns lei Plaias, Sièis Four in provençal) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Inhabitants of Six-Fours-les-Plages refer to themselves as "Six-Fournais".
Six-Fours-les-Plages | |
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 Six-Fours (and Sanary on the left) seen from Cap Nègre | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Six-Fours-les-Plages  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°06′03″N 5°49′12″E / 43.1009°N 05.82°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | La Seyne-sur-Mer-2 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Sébastien Vialatte[1] |
Area 1 | 26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 36,203 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83129 /83140 |
| Elevation | 0–352 m (0–1,155 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft) |
| Website | Official website |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is located in the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon.
Features
editThe city offers several points of interest. The fort on the hill that dominates the city neighbours an eleventh-century chapel, St Peter "collégiale". There are also nice beaches from the very popular "brutal beach", famous for windsurfing to the secret cove in the Sicié massif. The Île des Embiez is the site of an oceanographic research centre, and the smaller Île Gaou is where concerts are organised every summer.
Population
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Notable people from Six-Fours-les-Plages
edit- Jean-Claude Mas – founder of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), breast implant manufacturer.[5]
- Hélène Ségara – pop singer.
- Nolan Seveyras
International relations
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Emmendingen, Germany[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Six-Fours-les-Plages, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas faces charges". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften: Stadt Emmendingen". www.emmendingen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Les Amis du Jumelage Six-Fours / Emmendingen / ZAGAROLO". Site officiel de la Mairie de Six-Fours Les Plages (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
External links
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