Six-Fours-les-Plages
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Six-Fours-les-Plages
|commune status = Commune
|image = Six-Fours-les-Plages.jpg
|caption = Six-Fours (and Sanary on the left) seen from Cap Nègre
|image coat of arms =Blason ville fr Six-Fours-les-Plages (Var).svg
|arrondissement = Toulon
|canton = La Seyne-sur-Mer-2
|INSEE = 83129
|postal code = 83140
|mayor = Jean-Sébastien Vialatte{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée
|coordinates = {{coord|43.1009|05.82|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 234
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 352
|area km2 = 26.58
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|website=[https://www.ville-six-fours.fr/ Official website]}}
Six-Fours-les-Plages ({{IPA|fr|si fuʁ le plaʒ}}; {{langx|oc|Sièis Forns lei Plaias}}, Sièis Four in provençal) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Inhabitants of Six-Fours-les-Plages refer to themselves as "Six-Fournais".
It is located in the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon.
Features
The city offers several points of interest. The fort on the hill that dominates the city neighbours an eleventh-century chapel, St Peter "collégiale". There are also nice beaches from the very popular "brutal beach", famous for windsurfing to the secret cove in the Sicié massif. The Île des Embiez is the site of an oceanographic research centre, and the smaller Île Gaou is where concerts are organised every summer.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|36420|Six-Fours-les-Plages}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-83129#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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|1793 |2423
|1800 |2600
|1806 |2874
|1821 |2798
|1831 |3081
|1836 |3001
|1841 |1836
|1846 |2910
|1851 |2924
|1856 |2649
|1861 |2805
|1866 |2830
|1872 |2840
|1876 |2981
|1881 |2661
|1886 |2646
|1891 |2771
|1896 |2823
|1901 |3508
|1906 |3238
|1911 |3373
|1921 |3292
|1926 |3730
|1931 |3869
|1936 |4615
|1946 |4750
|1954 |5925
|1962 |9057
|1968 |15118
|1975 |20090
|1982 |25526
|1990 |28957
|1999 |32742
|2007 |35091
|2012 |34057
|2017 |32829
}}
Notable people from Six-Fours-les-Plages
- Jean-Claude Mas – founder of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), breast implant manufacturer.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16736385 |title=PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas faces charges |date=27 January 2012 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 March 2015}}
- Hélène Ségara – pop singer.
- Nolan Seveyras
International relations
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
- {{Flagicon|Germany}} Emmendingen, Germany{{Cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaften: Stadt Emmendingen|url=https://www.emmendingen.de/stadt-info/staedtepartnerschaften/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.emmendingen.de|language=de}}
- {{Flagicon|Italy}} Zagarolo, Italy{{Cite web|title=Les Amis du Jumelage Six-Fours / Emmendingen / ZAGAROLO|url=https://www.ville-six-fours.fr/associations/les-amis-du-jumelage-six-fours-emmendingen-zagarolo/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Site officiel de la Mairie de Six-Fours Les Plages|language=fr-FR}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Six-Fours-les-Plages}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080305051354/http://www.six-fours-les-plages.com/res1024/index.htm six-fours-les-plages.com]
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Category:Communes of Var (department)
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