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Toulon
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometres, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Toulon is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. It is located in the Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region. Toulon is the capital of the Var department. The total population of the city at the 1999 census was 160,639 inhabitants and population of the whole metropolitan area at the 1999 census was 564,823 inhabitants.
A Saint Cyprian, disciple and biographer of Saint. Casarius of Arles, is also mentioned as a Bishop of Toulon. His episcopate, begun in 524, had not come to an end in 541 he converted to Catholicism two Visigoth chiefs, Mandrier and Flavian, and became anchorites and martyrs on the peninsula of Mandrier. The region is famous for being the host of the finals of the annual Toulon Tournament, soccer tournament of under 20 national players from around the whole world.
Toulon is one of France’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments that the city has embraced.
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