Six-Fours-les-Plages
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Commune of Six-Fours-les-Plages |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | Six-Fours-les-Plages |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Mayor | Jean-Sébastien Vialatte (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–352 m (avg. 234 m) |
| Land area¹ | 26.58 km² |
| Population² (2005) |
33,700 |
| - Density | 1,267/km² (2005) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 83129/ 83140 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Six-Fours-les-Plages is a commune in the département of Var and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It is located in the metropolitan Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon.
In the 1999 census, Six-Fours-les-Plages had a population of 32,732. The commune has a land area of 26.58 km² (10.263 sq mi).
[edit] Features
The city offers different points of interest. The fort located on the hill that dominates the city is neighboring a chapel from the 11th century known as 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 Embiers island which host an oceanographic research center and the smaller Gaou island where concerts are organized every summer.
