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The arrondissement of Toulon (French: arrondissement de Toulon) is an arrondissement of France in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 32 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 590,778 (2021), and its area is 1,233.5 km 2 (476.3 sq mi).
Toulon station (French: Gare de Toulon) is a French railway station serving the city Toulon, Var department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway . Train services
Toulon is served by the Gare de Toulon railway station, offering suburban services to Marseille (1 train every 15 minutes during peak hours), regional services to Nice, and high speed connections to Paris, Strasburg, Luxemburg and Brussels. A daily night intercity train is also connecting the city to Nice, Marseille and Paris.
A Bagnard, or prisoner in the Bagne of Toulon, early 19th century. (Source: Museum of Fort Balaguier) The Bagne of Toulon was a notorious bagne, or penal establishment in Toulon, France, made famous as the place of imprisonment of the fictional Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. It was opened in 1748 and closed in 1873.
When the Imperial army left, the fort was used to imprison the chevalier Bertrande de la Garde, who had fought for Charles V against Francis I. He was the first of many political prisoners to be held in the underground cells of the fort. Barbarossa's Ottoman fleet wintering in the harbor of Toulon in 1543, with the Tour Royale (bottom right).
Avignon (/ ˈ æ v ɪ n j ɒ̃ /, US also / ˌ æ v ɪ n ˈ j oʊ n /, [5] [6] [7] French: ⓘ; Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm), IPA:; Latin: Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
Map of Toulon, 1793. The siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military engagement that took place during the Federalist revolts and the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.
View of downtown Toulon and Mediterranean Sea from Mount Faron. Toulon was the main port for the French Navy (French: Marine nationale, "national navy"), informally "La Royale". On 27 November 1942, German troops had attacked the port, with the intention of seizing the French fleet, the subsequent fight lasted just long enough to scuttle the 75 ...