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    Barjols (French pronunciation: [baʁʒɔl]; Occitan: Barjòus) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern...
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    Aiguines (83002) Artignosc-sur-Verdon (83005) Artigues (83006) Aups (83007) Barjols (83012) Baudinard-sur-Verdon (83014) Bauduen (83015) Besse-sur-Issole (83018)...
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  • Artigues Barjols Bras Brue-Auriac Châteauvert Esparron Ginasservis Ollières Pontevès Pourcieux Pourrières Rians Saint-Julien Saint-Martin-de-Pallières...
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    sportsmen and politicians. It is the seat of the canton of Saint-Raphaël, also encompassing Fréjus and Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, which is the economic and cultural...
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    Marquis Lord of Castellane, Genevieve de Castilla, married Jean-Baptiste de Suffren, Marquis de Saint-Cannet, Baron de La Môle, and advisor to the parliament...
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    Fréjus (redirect from Golfe de Frejus)
    one urban agglomeration. The north of the commune forms part of the Massif de l'Esterel. On 2 December 1959, the Malpasset Dam, on the Reyran River above...
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    range protects it from the cold winds of the mistral. It is the seat of the canton of Sainte-Maxime. Sainte-Maxime was founded around 1000 AD by monks from...
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    a perched village, with historical links to the Grimaldi family. Gibelin de Grimaldi aided William the Good in driving the Saracens of Fraxinet out of...
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    Gassin (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    (protecting walls that surround the city) The rectory The chapel Notre Dame de la Compassion L'Androuno, one of the world's narrowest streets Emmanuelle...
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    Toulouse (1274–1297), bishop of Toulouse. François de Porchères d'Arbaud, (1590-1640), poet Louis Paul Baille de Saint-Pol [fr] (1768-1821), French soldier....
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