La Seyne-sur-Mer

French commune
nomcommune=La Seyne-sur-Mer
Fort Balaguier in La Seyne-sur-Mer
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Var
arrondissement=Toulon
canton=Chief town of 2 cantons:
La Seyne-sur-Mer
Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer
insee=83126
cp=83500
maire=Arthur Paecht
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée
longitude=5.883
latitude=43.1
alt moy=9 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=352 m
hectares=2,217
km²=22.17
sans=60,188
date-sans=1999
dens=2,715
nomhab=Seynois, Seynoises
siteweb= [http://www.la-seyne-sur-mer.fr/ www.la-seyne-sur-mer.fr]
date-dens=1999

La Seyne-sur-Mer, or La Seyne is a town and commune of the Var "département", in France. It is an industrial suburb of Toulon, SW of that port, and connected with it by rail and steamer. At the 1999 census it had a population of 60,188 and a land area of 22.17 km² (8.56 sq mi).

History

Pop. (1901) 21,002.

Economy

It owed its importance to the shipbuilding trade, the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée having here one of the finest shipbuilding yards in Europe (it is a branch of the greater establishment at Marseille), which gave employment to about 3,000 workers.

Iraq's "Osiris class" nuclear reactors, later destroyed by Israel in Operation Opera, were built in La Seyne-sur-Mer. [cite journal|publisher=Time|date=June 22, 1981|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950533-4,00.html|title=Attack--and Fallout|author=George Russell]

References

External links

* [http://www.la-seyne-sur-mer.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.laseyne.info/ LaSeyne.Info]
* [http://www.ot-la-seyne-sur-mer.fr/ Tourist office website]
* [http://www.site-marius-autran.com/ Personal website about the history of La Seyne-sur-Mer] fr icon
* [http://www.a-laseyne.com/ Website about the history and directory of La Seyne-sur-Mer] fr icon
*1911