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Toulon
Tap left:Toulon Opera Hoose, Tap richt:Mayol Stadium (Le Stade du Mayol), 2nt:Panoramic view o dountoun Toulon an its port, 3rd left: Place de la Liberté, 3rd richt: The beaches o Mourillon, Bottom left:The cable car tae Moont Faron, Bottom richt:Fort Saint-Louis
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Coat of airms o Toulon
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Toulon is located in Fraunce
Toulon
Toulon
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Toulon is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Toulon
Toulon
Coordinates: 43°08′N 5°55′E / 43.13°N 5.92°E / 43.13; 5.92Coordinates: 43°08′N 5°55′E / 43.13°N 5.92°E / 43.13; 5.92
KintraFraunce
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepairtmentVar
ArrondissementToulon
IntercommunalityToulon Provence Méditerranée
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Hubert Falco
Area
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42.84 km2 (16.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)2
163,974
 • Density3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83137 /83000
Elevation0–589 m (0–1,932 ft)
(avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Toulon (French pronunciation: ​[tu.lɔ̃]; Provençal Occitan: Tolon in clessical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm) is a ceety in soothren Fraunce an a muckle militar harbour on the Mediterranean coast, wi a major French naval base.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns – sister ceeties

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Toulon is twinned wi:[1]

References

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  1. "Jumelages: Toulon et ses villes jumelées" (in French). Mairie d'honneur de Toulon. Retrieved 15 Februar 2015.
  2. "Partner und Freundesstädte". Stadt Mannheim (in German). Retrieved 26 Julie 2013.