Saint-Raphaël, Var

Saint-Raphaël, Var

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Raphaël
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Var
arrondissement=Draguignan
canton=Saint-Raphaël (chef-lieu)
circonscription législative=Cinquième circonscription du Var
insee=83118
cp=83700
83530
maire= Georges Ginesta (UMP)
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
longitude=6.768377
latitude=43.425178
alt moy=10 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=560 m
hectares=formatnum:8959
km²=89,59
sans=formatnum:32200
date-sans=2005 (est. INSEE)
dens=359

Saint-Raphaël is a commune of the Var "département" and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. Along with the city of Fréjus, it forms the metropolitan Communauté d'agglomération de Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, 60 km southwest of the city of Nice on the Mediterranean coast. It is considered part of the French Riviera.

Geography

The north of the commune forms part of the Estérel Massif. In the 1999 census, Saint-Raphaël had a population of 30,671. Its land area is 89.59 km² (34.591 sq mi).

History

During World War II, on August 15, 1944, it was one of the sites of a beach landing in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France.

Twin towns

Saint-Raphaël is twinned with:
* Jermuk, Armenia
* Ghent, Belgium, since 1958
* Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald, Germany, since 1972
* Tiberias, Israel, since 2007

Miscellaneous

The bacterium "Streptomyces mediterranei" was first isolated in 1957 from a soil sample collected near St Raphael. The bacteria became the source of the anti-tuberculosis drug rifamycin.

External links

* [http://www.ville-saintraphael.fr/ Official website]
* [http://photoenligne.free.fr/Var/SaintRaphael/SaintRaphael.html Panorama of the Saint-Raphaël's port]
* [http://www.frejus-saint-raphael.com/ Frejus Saint Raphaël Tourism]


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