Cavalaire-sur-Mer

Cavalaire-sur-Mer
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Draguignan
Canton	Sainte-Maxime
Community association	Golfe de Saint-Tropez
Coordinates	43 ° 10 ' N , 6 ° 32' E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ' N , 6 ° 32' E
height	0-528 m
surface	16.74 km 2
Residents	7,385 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	441 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	83240
INSEE code	83036
Website	www.cavalaire.fr

Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a French commune with 000000000007385.00000000007,385 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

Cavalaire is located on the Côte d'Azur between Saint-Tropez and Le Lavandou on the Mediterranean coast in the Bay of Cavalaire. The Maures massif rises in the hinterland .

After Nice in the east and Marseille in the West are both about 120 kilometers. The distance to Saint-Tropez in a north-easterly direction is (by road) about 18 kilometers.

The main beach of the seaside resort is about three kilometers long sandy beach in the bay of Cavalaire, which is bordered on both sides by steep rocky cliffs.

history

Perhaps the history of Cavalaire goes back to a Phoenician settlement called Héracléa Cacabaria. Relics from the Gallo-Roman period were found in the Pardigon district.

Cavalaire has been an independent municipality since the Gassin municipality was dissolved in 1929.

Towards the end of World War II , Cavalaire was the scene of major military conflicts when Allied troops landed between Cannes and Toulon on the Côte d'Azur during Operation Dragoon . Every year on August 15th the liberation of the region is commemorated.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Residents	1,372	2.116	2,710	3,912	4,188	5,237	6,667
Source: INSEE

Culture

The choice fell on a 104-hectare property on the heights above Cavalaire-sur-Mer when Hendrik Theo Wijdeveld , Erich Mendelsohn and Amédée Ozenfant were looking for a location for the building of their planned Académie Européenne Méditerranée . After the site acquired in 1933 was put into a devastating state by a forest fire on July 16, 1934, shortly before construction began, the project failed.

traffic

port

The former railway line from Saint-Raphaël to Toulon , also known as the Train des Pignes , which ran through Cavalaire, no longer exists. The route can still be traced from Le Lavandou to Sainte-Maxime today .

Cavalaire can be reached on the Départementstrasse D 559.

About six kilometers northwest of Cavalaire is the La Mole airfield ( ICAO abbreviation LFTZ), which is a bit difficult to get to from here. A planned direct connection there has not yet been implemented.

In Cavalaire there is a marina with 1200 berths.