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The city of Saint Raphael
The city of Saint Raphael
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The city of Saint Raphael
St. Raphael is in the French Riviera. Next to Fr??jus. This city is spread along the coast and divided in sub-city as Theoule, Agay, Boulouris, Valescure, etc. Train and bus station are in the middle of the city. Whereas the St Raphael/ Frejus highway exit is quite far (around 15km) inside the land. Immediately to the west of Saint-Rapha??l lies another, older, town called Fr??jus, and together they form an urban agglomeration known as Fr??jus Saint-Rapha??l. The Var lies in the region called Provence-Alpes-C??te d’Azur, often abbreviated to PACA. In the second half of the nineteenth century the township came under the influence of mayor Felix Martin and writer Alphonse Karr, and owing to their efforts and the beneficial climate the commune developed into a seaside resort popular with artists, sportsmen and politicians. It is the headquarters of the Fr??jus Saint-Rapha??l canton, which is the economic and cultural center of eastern Var and lies in the arrondisement of Draguignan. Its inhabitants are called Rapha??lois in French generally, or Rafelencs in Proven??al Occitan. Saint-Rapha??l is located at the extreme eastern end of the Var, along the border with the adjacent d??partement of Alpes-Maritimes, which occupies the far south-eastern corner of France at the frontier with Italy. The commune has a total of thirty-six kilometres of Mediterranean coastline, owing mainly to the many coves and creeks formed between the natural region of the Esterel Massif and the sea. This places it second only to Marseilles, with fifty-seven kilometres of coastline. The commune is 89.59 km2 in extent. It is almost completely urbanised in the west, but includes over 60 km2 of protected areas of natural forest and the Esterel mountains. Saint-Rapha??l has four large sandy beaches: one near the city centre, called the Veillat; one at Boulouris; one at Le Dramont, and the fourth at Agay. There are two smaller ones at Anth??or et Le Trayas. In 1799 Napoleon Buonaparte and his force...
Category: Travel
Video Length: 79
Date Found: January 14, 2010
Date Produced: January 14, 2010
View Count: 45
 
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