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Porquerolles (French pronunciation: [pɔʁkəʁɔl]; Occitan: Porcairòlas), also known as the Île de Porquerolles, is an island in the Îles d'Hyères, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Its land area is 1,254 hectares (12.54 km 2 ; 4.84 sq mi) and in 2004, its population has been about 200.
The airport, which is known officially as the Toulon–Hyères International Airport, is 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast of the town centre, on a sandy plain close to the seashore. The area was first used by private aircraft at the beginning of the 20th century.
The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Île du Levant was 38.3 °C (100.9 °F) on 7 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.2 °C (17.2 °F) on 10 February 1986.
The average daily low temperature in Nice in January is 5.4 °C (41.7 °F); the January average daily low temperature in Toulon is 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The average high temperature in August in Nice is 28.6 °C (83.5 °F); in Toulon the average daily high temperature is 29.7 °C (85.5 °F)
The Îles d'Hyères (pronounced [il djɛːʁ]), also known as Îles d'Or ([il dɔʁ]), are a group of four Mediterranean islands off Hyères in the Var department of Southeastern France. Their old name is the Stoechades Islands from Greek : Στοιχάδες Stoikhádes from στοιχάς stoikhás meaning “in a row one behind another”.
The Giens Peninsula (French: Presqu'île de Giens, French pronunciation: [pʁɛskil də ʒjɛ̃]) is a peninsula on the French Mediterranean coast near Hyères in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Panorama view of the peninsula (West tombolo, looking northwards)
The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.2 °C (72.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Cotignac was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.4 °C (7.9 °F) on 23 January 1963.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. La Seyne-sur-Mer ( French pronunciation: [la sɛn syʁ mɛʁ] ; lit. "La Seyne on Sea"; Occitan : La Sanha ), or simply La Seyne , is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in ...