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Toulon
Tolon (Occitan) | |
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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 | |
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Location of Toulon  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°07′33″N 05°55′50″E / 43.12583°N 5.93056°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | Toulon-1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Josée Massi[1] |
| Area 1 | 42.84 km2 (16.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 180,452 |
| • Density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Toulonnais |
| 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 (UK: /ˈtuːlɒ̃/, US: /tuːˈloʊn, -ˈlɔːn, -ˈlɒn/,[3][4][5][6] French: [tulɔ̃] ; Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm), pronounced [tuˈlun]) is a city on the French Riviera, famous for its 1793 siege, and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon 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. It is the centre of an urban unit with 580,281 inhabitants (2018), the ninth largest in France by population.[7] Toulon is the second-largest French city by urban area on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille.
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.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Toulon". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Toulon". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Toulon" Archived 27 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine (US) and "Toulon". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Toulon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Comparateur de territoire: Unité urbaine 2020 de Toulon (00757), Commune de Toulon (83137), INSEE, retrieved 16 June 2022.