Six-Fours-les-Plages

Six-Fours-les-Plages (French pronunciation: [si fuʁ le plaʒ]; Occitan: 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".

Six-Fours-les-Plages
Commune
Six-Fours (and Sanary on the left) seen from Cap Nègre
Coat of arms
Location of Six-Fours-les-Plages
Six-Fours-les-Plages Show map of France Six-Fours-les-Plages Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°06′03″N 5°49′12″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Toulon
Canton	La Seyne-sur-Mer-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Sébastien Vialatte[1]
Area 1	26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	36,843
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83129 /83140
Elevation	0–352 m (0–1,155 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
Website	Official website
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,423 —     1800 2,600 +1.01% 1806 2,874 +1.68% 1821 2,798 −0.18% 1831 3,081 +0.97% 1836 3,001 −0.52% 1841 1,836 −9.36% 1846 2,910 +9.65% 1851 2,924 +0.10% 1856 2,649 −1.96% 1861 2,805 +1.15% 1866 2,830 +0.18% 1872 2,840 +0.06% 1876 2,981 +1.22% 1881 2,661 −2.25% 1886 2,646 −0.11% 1891 2,771 +0.93% 1896 2,823 +0.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,508 +4.44% 1906 3,238 −1.59% 1911 3,373 +0.82% 1921 3,292 −0.24% 1926 3,730 +2.53% 1931 3,869 +0.73% 1936 4,615 +3.59% 1946 4,750 +0.29% 1954 5,925 +2.80% 1962 9,057 +5.45% 1968 15,118 +8.91% 1975 20,090 +4.15% 1982 25,526 +3.48% 1990 28,957 +1.59% 1999 32,742 +1.37% 2007 35,091 +0.87% 2012 34,057 −0.60% 2017 32,829 −0.73%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Notable people from Six-Fours-les-Plages

• Jean-Claude Mas – founder of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), breast implant manufacturer.^[5]
• Hélène Ségara – pop singer.
• Nolan Seveyras

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

• Emmendingen, Germany^[6]

• Zagarolo, Italy^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Var department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Six-Fours-les-Plages, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas faces charges". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
6. "Städtepartnerschaften: Stadt Emmendingen". www.emmendingen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
7. "Les Amis du Jumelage Six-Fours / Emmendingen / ZAGAROLO". Site officiel de la Mairie de Six-Fours Les Plages (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-23.

External links

• six-fours-les-plages.com