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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”.
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.
Météo-France heat alert, part of its vigilance system , was put in place following the 2003 European heat wave. The 2022 heat wave was the earliest in the year since records began and marked the fourth time that a red heat alert had been issued since the protocol was activated after the 2003 heat wave .
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. It is a prime tourist destination, with campgrounds and water sports.
The monastery on Port-Cros was destroyed by Barbary pirates, who repeatedly attacked the Hyères Islands from the 10th to the 16th centuries. In 1531, François I of France visited the Hyères, and as a result of being informed by inhabitants of the pirate attacks, charged Bertrand d'Ornesan with the task of constructing fortifications on the ...
Missouri executed a man Tuesday night for the 2007 sexual assault and murder of a fourth-grade girl who called him "Uncle Chris." Gov. Mike Parson denied his clemency petition earlier this week ...
Île du Levant (pronounced [il dy ləvɑ̃]), sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon.It is one of the four that constitute the Îles d'Hyères.
In the minutes following the Los Angeles Dodgers' championship-clinching win on Wednesday, veteran reliever Daniel Hudson did pretty much the coolest thing a player can do after winning the World ...