Saint-Tropez
Sant Tropetz (Occitan) | |
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 A view of Saint-Tropez | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Tropez  | |
  Saint-Tropez  Saint-Tropez | |
| Coordinates: 43°16′24″N 6°38′23″E / 43.273296°N 6.639621°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Sainte-Maxime |
| Intercommunality | Golfe de Saint-Tropez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Siri[1] |
Area 1 | 15.18 km2 (5.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,578 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Demonym | French: Tropéziens[3] [tʁɔpezjɛ̃] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83119 /83990 |
| Elevation | 0–113 m (0–371 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Tropez (/ˌsæn troʊˈpeɪ, - trəˈ-/ SAN troh-PAY, - trə-,[4][5] French: [sɛ̃ tʁɔpe]; Provençal: Sant Tropetz [san(t) tʀuˈpes]) is a commune in the Var department and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is 68 kilometres (42 miles) west of Nice and 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Marseille, on the French Riviera, of which it is one of the best-known towns. In 2018, Saint-Tropez had a population of 4,103. The adjacent narrow body of water is the Gulf of Saint-Tropez (French: Golfe de Saint-Tropez), stretching to Sainte-Maxime to the north under the Massif des Maures.
Saint-Tropez was a military stronghold and fishing village until the beginning of the 20th century. It was the first town on its coast to be liberated during World War II as part of Operation Dragoon. After the war, it became an internationally known seaside resort, renowned principally because of the influx of artists of the French New Wave in cinema and the Yé-yé movement in music. It later became a resort for the European and American jet set and tourists.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 83 - Var Archived 29 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine, habitants.fr
- ^ "Saint-Tropez". Lexico US English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.
- ^ "St Tropez". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman.