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Toulon

Toulon or Toulon-sur-Mer (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France, and préfecture (capital) of the Var département in the former province of Provence. Population 175,000.

The city has a port on the Mediterranean Sea and it is the country's major naval centre on its Mediterreanean coast.

The military harbor was fortified by Vauban.

Toulon was the birthplace of:

• Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Jesuit
• Capucine, actress
• Félix Mayol, singer and entertainer.

The actual mayor of Toulon is Hubert Falco.

Cuverville is Toulon's satirical paper, from the nickname of a statue standing on Toulon harbor looking at the sea (cul vers ville = "ass to the city").

Yaquoi is Toulon's cultural webzine.

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Other places named Toulon include:

• Toulon sur Arroux, Saône-et-Loire, France
• Toulon, Illinois

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