La Seyne-sur-Mer
La Seyne-sur-Mer | |
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Coordinates: 43°06′00″N 5°52′59″E / 43.1°N 5.883°ECoordinates: 43°06′00″N 5°52′59″E / 43.1°N 5.883°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Toulon |
Canton | La Seyne-sur-Mer-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Bicais |
Area 1 | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 62,888 |
• Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83126 /83500 |
Elevation | 0–352 m (0–1,155 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Seyne-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [la sɛn syʁ mɛʁ], literally La Seyne on Sea; Occitan: La Sanha) , or La Seyne is a commune in the Var department in the French Riviera. It is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, and is situated adjacent to the west of this city.
Population[]
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of La Seyne-sur-Mer proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Lille ceded the commune of Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer in 1950.[2]
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Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3] |
Economy[]
It owed its importance to the shipbuilding trade, the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée having here one of the finest shipbuilding yards in Europe (it is a branch of the larger establishment at Marseille), which gave employment to about 3,000 workers.
In recent years the town has moved from its traditional industries to tourism. The docks previously used have had extensive work and now comprise a park, marinas and a new (2010) hotel overlooking Toulon and the marinas.
The population is diverse in origins and the outer suburbs are undergoing a transformation with old multi storey apartments being replaced with modern developments. La Seyne has a railway station, Gare de La Seyne-Six-Fours, on the line from Toulon to Marseille.
Iraq's "Osiris class" nuclear reactors, later destroyed by Israel in Operation Opera, were built in La Seyne-sur-Mer.[4]
Buildings and structures[]
- Pont basculant de la Seyne-sur-Mer, a former bascule bridge.
- , a building in the néo-mauresque style which hosted a research laboratory in marine biology from 1900 until 2008.
Personalities linked to La Seyne-sur-Mer[]
- Jean Gaspard de Vence (1747–1808)
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
- George Sand (1804–1876)
- Michel Pacha (1819–1907)
- Henri Rieunier (1833–1918)
- Maurice Tranchant de Lunel (1869-1944), French architect died in La Seyne
- (1883–1954)
- (1898–1980)
- (1900–1945)
- (1920–1993)
- (1920–2004)
- Pierre Moustiers (1924–2016)
- (1934)
- Henri Tisot (1937–2011)
- (1954), Polish adventurer, musician and philosopher
- (1964)
- (1966)
- Marcus Malte (1967)
- Frédéric Meyrieu (1968)
- (1972)
- Patrice Collazo (1974)
- (1975)
- Sylvain Prudhomme (1979), French writer
- Sébastien Squillaci (1980)
- (1980)
- (1981)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1984)
- (1985)
- Bafétimbi Gomis (1985), footballer currently playing for Al-Hilal FC
- Fabien Lamatina (1985)
- (1986)
- Jérôme J. Dufourg (1986)
- (1986)
- (1987)
- Mickaël Ivaldi (1990)
- Nampalys Mendy (1992)
- Gaël Fickou (1994)
See also[]
- Communes of the Var department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Seyne-sur-Mer, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ George Russell (June 22, 1981). "Attack--and Fallout". Time. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seyne sur Mer". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 756. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links[]
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- Official website
- LaSeyne.Info
- Tourist office website
- Personal website about the history of La Seyne-sur-Mer (in French)
- Website about the history and directory of La Seyne-sur-Mer (in French)
- Communes of Var (department)
- Var (department) geography stubs