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Toulon
Prefecture and commune
Top left: Toulon Opera House, Top right: Mayol Stadium (Le Stade du Mayol), 2nd: Panoramic view of downtown Toulon and its port, 3rd left: Place de la Liberté, 3rd right: The beaches of Mourillon, Bottom left: The cable car to Mount Faron, Bottom right: Fort Saint-Louis
Top left: Toulon Opera House, Top right: Mayol Stadium (Le Stade du Mayol), 2nd: Panoramic view of downtown Toulon and its port, 3rd left: Place de la Liberté, 3rd right: The beaches of Mourillon, Bottom left: The cable car to Mount Faron, Bottom right: Fort Saint-Louis
Flag of Toulon
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 Coat of arms of Toulon
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Toulon is located in France
Toulon
Toulon
Location in France
Toulon is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Toulon
Toulon
Location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Var
Arrondissement Toulon
Canton Toulon-1, 2, 3 and 4
Intercommunality CA Toulon Provence Méditerranée
Area
1
 42.84 km2 (16.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 163,974
 • Density 3,827.6/km2 (9,913.4/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83137 /83000
Elevation 0–589 m (0–1,932 ft)
(avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toulon is a city in the south of France. It has about 170,000 people. Toulon is the prefecture of Var. Toulon is the third biggest city of the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur after Marseille and Nice. It is 190 kilometres (120 miles) from the Italian border.

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  • Toulon Cathedral Exterior

    Toulon Cathedral (11th to 18th centuries)

  • Tour royale

    Barbarossa's Ottoman fleet, of the Regency of Algiers, wintering in the harbour of Toulon in 1543, with the Tour Royale (bottom right).

  • Université de Toulon batiment R

    A view of the University campus

  • Toulon 1850

    View in 1850

  • Toulon place de la liberté-fontaine

    Place de la liberté.

  • Wikipedia-porte-italie

    The Porte d'Italie, built by Vauban. Napoleon departed from this gate in 1796 on his Italian campaign.

  • Toulon Rade Sunset

    The Harbour at Sunset

  • 2016 Toulon - Hafen

    Harbor with ferry

  • Toulon Fountains 2

    Fontaine du Dauphin, Place Paul Comte. The fountain, on the wall of the Bishop's residence, appears in the drawings of Toulon made for Louis XIV in 1668.

  • Toulon Place Puget Fountain

    Fontaine des Trois Dauphins, Place Puget (1782)

  • Toulon Fountains 1

    Fontaine de l'Intendance, Place Amiral Sénès, (1821)

  • Toulon Fountains 4

    The Fontaine-Lavoir de Saint-Vincent, Place Saint-Vincent (1832), replaced the original fountain built in 1615. It had a fountain for drinking water and two basins, for washing clothes, one for washing and one for rinsing.

  • Toulon Faron3 P1440701-P1440708

    View of downtown Toulon and Mediterranean Sea from Mount Faron

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