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Mayol | |
Coordinates | 43°7′8″N 5°56′12″E / 43.11889°N 5.93667°E |
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Public transit | Toulon |
Owner | City of Toulon |
Capacity | 17,500 |
Surface | grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1919 |
Opened | 1920[1] |
Renovated | 1947, 1965 |
Expanded | 1983 |
Tenants | |
RC Toulonnais |
The Stade Mayol is a multi-purpose stadium in Toulon, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of RC Toulonnais. The stadium is able to hold 17,500 people. It is one of the few French stadiums to be embedded in the city and surrounded by high buildings. It was built at the foot of the Mont Faron, the hill on which Toulon is partly built, and overlooks the Toulon military harbour (La Rade) on the Mediterranean.