Six-Fours-les-Plages
Six-Fours-les-Plages | |
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 Six-Fours (and Sanary on the left) seen from Cap Nègre | |
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Coat of arms of Six-Fours-les-Plages Coat of arms | |
Location of Six-Fours-les-Plages  | |
  Six-Fours-les-Plages  Six-Fours-les-Plages | |
| 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 | Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Sébastien Vialatte |
| Area 1 | 26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 34,779 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/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) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Six-Fours-les-Plages (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".
It is located in the metropolitan Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon.
Features
The city offers several points of interest. The fort on the hill that dominates the city is neighboring 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. You can find also the Île des Embiez, site of an oceanographic research center and the smaller Île Gaou where concerts are organized every summer.
Notable people from Six-Four-les-Plages
- Jean-Claude Mas – founder of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), breast implant manufacturer.[1]
- Hélène Ségara – pop singer.
See also
References
- ^ "PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas faces charges". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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