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Country
  
France

Arrondissement
  
Toulon

Area
  
26.58 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 8:39 AM

Department
  
Var

Canton
  
Six-Fours-les-Plages

Population
  
35,091 (2007)

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Region
  
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Intercommunality
  
Toulon Provence Méditerranée

Weather
  
13°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Embiez, Le Brusc, Paul Ricard Oceanogr, Plage de la Coudoulière, Minotopia ‑ Parc de Jeux ‑ An

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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".

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Map of Six-Fours-les-Plages, France

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.
  • Hélène Ségara – pop singer.
  • References

    Six-Fours-les-Plages Wikipedia