La Seyne-sur-Mer
La Seyne-sur-Mer
La Sanha (Occitan) | |
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 Fort Balaguier | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Seyne-sur-Mer | |
  La Seyne-sur-Mer  La Seyne-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 43°06′00″N 5°52′59″E / 43.1°N 5.883°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | La Seyne-sur-Mer-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Bicais[1] (LR) |
Area 1 | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 63,732 |
| • Density | 2,875/km2 (7,445/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83126 /83500 |
| Elevation | 0–352 m (0–1,155 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Seyne-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [la sɛjn(ə) syʁ mɛʁ]; lit. "La Seyne on Sea"; Occitan: La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, is situated adjacent to the west of the city.
Demographics
[edit]The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of La Seyne-sur-Mer proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune ceded territory to the new commune of Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer in 1950.[3]
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Economy
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In earlier decades, La Seyne-sur-Mer owed its importance to the shipbuilding trade, the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée having here one of the finest shipbuilding yards in Europe (it was a branch of the larger establishment at Marseille), which gave employment to about 3,000 workers.[5]
In recent years the town has moved from its traditional industries to tourism. The docks previously used have had extensive work and now comprise a park, marinas and a new (2010) hotel overlooking Toulon and the marinas.
The population is diverse in origins and the outer suburbs are undergoing a transformation with old multi storey apartments being replaced with modern developments. La Seyne has a railway station, Gare de La Seyne-Six-Fours, on the line from Toulon to Marseille.
Iraq's "Osiris class" nuclear reactors, later destroyed by Israel in Operation Opera, were built in La Seyne-sur-Mer.[6]
Buildings and structures
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- The Hôtel de Ville completed in 1959[7]
- Pont basculant de la Seyne-sur-Mer, a former bascule bridge
- Institut Michel-Pacha, a building in the néo-mauresque style which hosted a research laboratory in marine biology from 1900 until 2008.
Personalities linked to La Seyne-sur-Mer
[edit]- Jean Gaspard de Vence (1747–1808)
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
- George Sand (1804–1876)
- Michel Pacha (1819–1907)
- Henri Rieunier (1833–1918)
- Maurice Tranchant de Lunel (1869-1944), French architect died in La Seyne
- Jean Marquet (1883–1954)
- Henri Olive Tamari (1898–1980)
- Édouard Jauffret (1900–1945)
- Fernand Bonifay (1920–1993)
- Gabriel Pérès (1920–2004)
- Pierre Moustiers (1924–2016)
- Johannès Galland (1934)
- Henri Tisot (1937–2011)
- Andrzej "André" Orliński (1954), Polish adventurer, musician and philosopher
- Valerie Hirschfield (1964)
- Léon Loppy (1966)
- Marcus Malte (1967)
- Frédéric Meyrieu (1968)
- Gérald Orsoni (1972)
- Patrice Collazo (1974)
- Marc Zanotti (1975)
- Sylvain Prudhomme (1979), French writer
- Sébastien Squillaci (1980)
- Mohamed Sy (1980)
- Camille Traversa (1981)
- Pascal Ragondet (1983)
- John Revox (1983)
- Sébastien Bisciglia (1984)
- Alexis Farjaudon (1985)
- Bafétimbi Gomis (1985), footballer currently playing for Al-Hilal FC
- Fabien Lamatina (1985)
- Pier-Nicol Feldis (1986)
- Jérôme J. Dufourg (1986)
- Bruno Lancelle (1986)
- Emmanuel Ragondet (1987)
- Jonathan Tornato (1989)
- Mickaël Ivaldi (1990)
- Nampalys Mendy (1992)
- Gaël Fickou (1994)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Seyne-sur-Mer, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seyne sur Mer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 756.
- ^ George Russell (June 22, 1981). "Attack--and Fallout". Time. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011.
- ^ "La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var): Action sociale et service social de la municipalité 1947–1984" (PDF). L'Association pour L'Histoire et Patrimoine Seynois. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
External links
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- Official website
- LaSeyne.Info
- Tourist office website
- Personal website about the history of La Seyne-sur-Mer (in French)
- Website about the history and directory of La Seyne-sur-Mer (in French)
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