Carqueiranne
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carqueiranne (French: [kaʁkeʁan], locally [kaʁkɛˈʁanə]; Occitan: Carcairana [kaɾkajˈɾanɔ] or Carqueirana [kaɾkejˈɾanɔ]) is a commune in the Var department, administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (historically Provence), Southeastern France.
Carqueiranne
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.JPG) An aerial view of the town | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Carqueiranne  | |
  Carqueiranne  Carqueiranne | |
| Coordinates: 43°05′45″N 6°04′27″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | La Garde |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Arnaud Latil[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.48 km2 (5.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 9,417 |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Carqueirannais, Carqueirannaise (French) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83034 /83320 |
| Elevation | 0–305 m (0–1,001 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is known now as a tourist seaside resort with good windsurfing nearby, at Almanarre Beach.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,449 | — |
| 1975 | 5,131 | +2.06% |
| 1982 | 6,199 | +2.74% |
| 1990 | 7,118 | +1.74% |
| 1999 | 8,436 | +1.91% |
| 2007 | 9,630 | +1.67% |
| 2012 | 9,899 | +0.55% |
| 2017 | 9,700 | −0.41% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2024) |
The town has a literary claim to fame as well. In early August 1944, an unidentifiable body wearing French military colours was found near here, which was long believed[by whom?] to be that of famous novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince.
In 1998, a bracelet known to be his, with a fragment of cloth still attached, was found in the sea east of Riou Island (south of Marseille). In 2000, a crashed P-38 Lightning was found in the seabed off the coast of Marseille, near where the bracelet was found, and it was confirmed to be the one that Saint-Exupéry was flying.
However, it remains plausible that ocean currents could have carried the body from the crash site to Carqueiranne - a distance less than 80 kilometres (50 mi) by sea - over the course of several days, which is the time difference between the crash on 31 July 1944, and the discovery of the body.
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