Toulon

Attractions

• National Maritime Museum
• French submarine Alose
• Muséum départemental du Var
• Zoo du Mont Faron
• Musée d'Art de Toulon
• Jardin d'acclimatation du Mourillon
• Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon
• Memorial of the landing in Provence
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Wikivoyage

Toulon is a medium-sized city (15th town of France) between Marseille and Nice. It is in the west of French Riviera and in the southeast of Provence. Its old port has a huge marina, and receives many cruise ships.

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Wikipedia

Toulon (UK: , US: , French: [tulɔ̃] ; Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm), pronounced [tuˈlun]) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var department.

The Commune of Toulon has a population of 176,198 people (2018), making it France's 13th-largest city, and third most populous French city on the Mediterranean, after Marseille and Nice. It is the centre of an urban unit with 580,281 inhabitants (2018), the ninth largest in France by population.

Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment.

The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon. The 1793 siege took place during the Federalist revolts.

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