Toulon

Toulon
	Toulon
	Top left: Toulon Opera House, Top right: Mayol Stadium (Le Stade du Mayol), 2nd: Panoramic view of downtown Toulon and its port, 3rd left: Place de la Liberté, 3rd right: The beaches of Mourillon, Bottom left: The cable car to Mount Faron, Bottom right: Fort Saint-Louis
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Toulon
Canton	Toulon-1, 2, 3 and 4
Intercommunality	CA Toulon Provence Méditerranée
Mayor	Hubert Falco; (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–589 m (0–1,932 ft); (avg. 1 m/3.3 ft)
Land area1	42.84 km2 (16.54 sq mi)
Population2	163,974 (2011)
- Density	3,828/km2 (9,910/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	83137/ 83000
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Toulon is a city in the south of France. It has about 170,000 people. Toulon is the prefecture of Var. Toulon is the third biggest city of the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur after Marseille and Nice. It is the main base of the Mediterranean Sea fleet of the French Navy. It is 190 kilometres (120 miles) from the Italian border.

Education

Kedge Business School

Toulon Media

Toulon Cathedral (11th to 18th centuries)
The Tour Royale (16th century)
Barbarossa's Ottoman fleet, of the Regency of Algiers, wintering in the harbour of Toulon in 1543, with the Tour Royale (bottom right).
The Toulon Opera House (1862)
A view of the University campus
View of Toulon, France
France, Var (83), Toulon, Place de la liberté
View of Toulon, the Arsenal and Mount Faron from the Harbour.
The Porte d'Italie, built by Vauban. Napoleon departed from this gate in 1796 on his Italian campaign.
Toulon, sunset over the Rade