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The harbor can be subjected to strong winds, with a record set at 183.3 km/h on 3 March 1995. The mistral blows there, although the municipality is sheltered to the north by the Massif des Maures (the mistral coming from the west, and swaying to the east, south of the Rhône Valley therefore reaches it).
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 non-military part of the island is private property. The owners form the Association Syndicale Libre des Propriétaires à l'Île du Levant. Outside Héliopolis naturist village the main tourist attraction is the Domaine des Arbousiers, a voluntary natural reserve of 19 hectares (47 acres), established on 3 December 1993. [5]
Map of the Îles d'Hyères. 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.
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A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum is worth a trip into the deserts of Qatar.
On the same day, the agency Meteo of the National Observatory of Athens in Greece named it Nearchus, after the voyager of the same name. [ 135 ] Heavy rain from the cyclone and its precursor caused heavy rainfall and flooding in Tunisia , Algeria , Southern Italy , and Malta , killing seven people in total.