"rail station in Saint-Tropez. The nearest station is 'Saint-Raphaël-Valescure' located in Saint-Raphaël ( from Saint-Tropez), which also offers a boat service to Saint-Tropez. There is also direct bus service to Saint-Tropez, and the rail station is connected with bus station. Bus: There is a bus station in Saint-Tropez called the """" located in Place Blanqui. It is operated by Var department transport division , which employs other transport companies to operate routes. Taxi: There are taxi services – including from Nice airport to Saint-Tropez – but this is not cheap due to long distances, and image of ""wealthy Saint-Tropez"". Private"
"The Troops of St. Tropez The Troops of St. Tropez (; literally ""The Policeman from Saint-Tropez"") is a 1964 French comedy film with Louis de Funès. The film mostly takes place in Saint-Tropez, a fashionable resort on the French Riviera. Louis de Funès plays Ludovic Cruchot, the sergeant of gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez. It is the first film in ""The gendarme"" series, and has spawned five sequels. Ludovic Cruchot (played by Louis de Funès), a highly uptight gendarme in a small French village, has been reassigned to the seaside commune of Saint-Tropez under the orders of command sergeant major Gerber (played"
"Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez) is a regional natural park located on three French department : Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire and Loire. The two biggest urban areas are Thiers (19,000 inhabitants) and Ambert (11,000 inhabitants). Courpière, Billom and Vic-le-Comte have a secondary place in the territory. The park is managed by several structures on a cooperation basis. There is the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire and Loire’s departments, by 24 EPCI (French: Établissements publics de coopération intercommunale, which are Public institutions of intercommunal cooperation) and also by 164 towns certified parc naturel régional (Regional natural"
"ft). Courchevel used to be part of the commune of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, but in 2017 that was merged with La Perrière into the new commune of Courchevel. In spite of the name, the commune's administrative offices are not located in Courchevel, but still in the nearby village of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise. Courchevel is in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie ""département"", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The original resort was planned during World War II with a study in 1942 by the Vichy regime and in a doctorate by the town planner Laurent Chappis. Chappis was a natural choice to direct the development of the resort in the"
"rightful owner. The film was the most popular movie at the French box office in 1964. The Troops of St. Tropez The Troops of St. Tropez (; literally ""The Policeman from Saint-Tropez"") is a 1964 French comedy film with Louis de Funès. The film mostly takes place in Saint-Tropez, a fashionable resort on the French Riviera. Louis de Funès plays Ludovic Cruchot, the sergeant of gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez. It is the first film in ""The gendarme"" series, and has spawned five sequels. Ludovic Cruchot (played by Louis de Funès), a highly uptight gendarme in a small French village, has been"
"Drôme Drôme (; ""Droma"" in Occitan, ""Drôma"" in Arpitan) is a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes named after the Drôme River. St Vallier in Drôme, was the birthplace of one of France's most famous courtesans, the noble-born Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), long-term mistress of King Henri II (1519-1559). The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution. The territory formed part of the former French province of Dauphiné. Drôme lies within the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded by the departments of Ardèche, Isère, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence"
"Alpe d'Huez LAlpe d'Huez () is a ski resort at . It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Western Alps, in the commune of Huez, which is part of the department of Isère in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is part of the massif, over the Oisans, and is from Grenoble. The Alpe d'Huez resort is accessible from Grenoble by the , which runs along the Romanche Valley passing through the communes of Livet-et-Gavet and Le Bourg-d'Oisans as well as Haut-Oisans via the Col de Sarenne. Alpe d'Huez is used regularly in the Tour de France cycle race,"
"Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône (Occitan: ""Bocas de Ròse"", literally ""Mouths of the Rhône"") is a department in Southern France named after the mouth of the river Rhône. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region with 1,993,177 inhabitants in 2013; it has an area of . Its INSEE and postal code is 13. Marseille is Bouches-du-Rhône's largest city and prefecture. Bouches-du-Rhône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the western part of the former province of Provence and the principalities of Orange, Martigues and Lambesc. It"
"Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or (; literally, ""golden slope"") is a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy. The department is part of the current region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is surrounded by the departments of Yonne, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Aube, and Haute-Marne. A chain of hills called the Plateau de Langres runs from north-east to south-west through the department to the north of Dijon and continues south-westwards as the Côte d'Or escarpment, which takes its name from that of"
"zones of Côte-d'Or. The inhabitants of the department are called ""Costaloriens"". Some of the major tourist attractions are the Gothic abbey church of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye and the Romanesque abbey church at Saulieu, as well the Château de Bussy Rabutin at Bussy-le-Grand. The Abbey of Cîteaux, headquarters of the Cistercian Order, lies to the east of Nuits-Saint-Georges in the south of the department. Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or (; literally, ""golden slope"") is a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy."
"center is Genoa). The Côte d'Azur and the French Riviera have no official boundaries. Some sources put the western boundary at Saint-Tropez in the Var ""département"". Others include Saint Tropez, Hyères or Toulon in the Var (departement), or as far as Cassis in the Bouches-du-Rhône ""département"". In her 1955 novel, ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"", Patricia Highsmith describes the Riviera as including all of the coast between Toulon and the Italian border. The region of the French Riviera has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Primitive tools dating to between 1,000,000 and 1,050,000 years ago were discovered in the Grotte du Vallonnet,"
"Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a department in south-western France, named after the river Corrèze which runs though it. Its capital is Tulle, and its most populated town is Brive-la-Gaillarde. The inhabitants of the department are called ""Corréziens"". Corrèze is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It includes part of the former province of Limousin (the Bas-Limousin). The 1851 census recorded a population of 320,866: this remained relatively constant for the rest of the nineteenth century. During the twentieth century, however, Corrèze shared the experience of many of the country's rural"
"Saint-Victoret Saint-Victoret is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is located northwest of Marseille. Saint-Victoret is a small market town situated just next to Marignane, not far from the airport and just a few kilometres from the eastern shore of the Étang de Berre. If you take the secondary road D20 to Saint-Victoret, you first pass through the hamlet of Pas-des-Lanciers. Here you will find a small, lively district with a few shops and an SNCF railway station for the transport of goods and freight to the airport. In the roads"
"Biarritz Biarritz (; or """" ; Gascon ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in Southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. It is a luxurious seaside tourist destination known for the Hôtel du Palais (originally built for the Empress Eugénie circa 1855), its casinos in front of the sea and its surfing culture. Biarritz is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is adjacent to Bayonne and Anglet and from the border with Spain. It is in the"
"Aveyron Aveyron (; ) is a department located in the north of the Occitanie region of southern France named after the Aveyron River. The inhabitants of the department are known as ""Aveyronnais"" or ""Aveyronnaises"". The inhabitants of Rodez are called ""Ruthénois"", based on the first Celtic settlers, the ""Rutenii"". Aveyron is the centre of a triangle formed by the cities of Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, and Montpellier. The department approximately follows the outline of the former province of Rouergue. It is the 5th largest department in metropolitan France in terms of area (). Its prefecture is Rodez. The department comes under the"
"Le Rouret Le Rouret is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Le Rouret is located from Grasse, from Cannes and the Mediterranean coast, from Nice and from Monaco. Parts of Le Rouret sit on a south-facing elevation, providing a view to the Mediterranean Sea ranging from Monaco to Saint-Tropez. The commune is largely residential, but a number of shops and a local tourist information office can be found in the centre of the village. The surrounding areas are interspersed with flower farms, used by the perfume distilleries of Grasse. Le Rouret is an example of a typical"
"Villetoureix Villetoureix is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Villetoureix is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Dronne, near Ribérac, in the ""Périgord blanc"" area. The commune consists of the village Villetoureix and the minor settlements of la Pouyade, la Borie, Mayac and la Dérame. Neighbouring communes are Ribérac and Saint-Méard-de-Drône to the south, Celles to the east, Bertric-Burée to the north and Allemans to the west. The first traces of inhabitants date back to the Gallo-Roman era, but development of the village started in the 17th century, when the"
"Allier Allier (); is a French department located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France named after the river Allier. Moulins is the prefecture and the INSEE and Post Code is 03. The inhabitants of the department are known as ""Elavérins"" or ""Elavérines"" Allier department is composed of almost all of the former Duchy of Bourbonnais. It is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and borders the departments of Cher, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Loire, Puy-de-Dome, and Creuse. The department also includes three spa towns: Neris-les-Bains is the only town in the department with more than 10% of second homes: 504 out of"
"Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (), sometimes known as -en-Tricastin, is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The name of the city derives from the Latin Noviomagus Tricastinorum (""Noviomagus of the Tricastini""), from the name of a local Gallic tribe. At some point, locals misunderstood the name, thinking it to have come from """" (""of the three castles""), and mistranslated it into French. It was the start of stage 16 of the 2011 Tour de France, to Gap, as well as the start city for stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France, to Cap d'Agde. Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is twinned with:"
"Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (), sometimes known as -en-Tricastin, is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The name of the city derives from the Latin Noviomagus Tricastinorum (""Noviomagus of the Tricastini""), from the name of a local Gallic tribe. At some point, locals misunderstood the name, thinking it to have come from """" (""of the three castles""), and mistranslated it into French. It was the start of stage 16 of the 2011 Tour de France, to Gap, as well as the start city for stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France, to Cap d'Agde. Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is twinned with:"
"La Clusaz La Clusaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a ski resort in the Alps near the Swiss border. The commune of La Clusaz is part of the Haute-Savoie ""département"". An old village, La Clusaz has been hosting winter sports since 1907. It is the birthplace of French skiers Guy Périllat and Vincent Vittoz and sailor Philippe Monnet. Located in the Aravis mountain range La Clusaz (originally from the word cluse - meaning a narrow path between two mountains) was once called Clusa Locus Dei meaning God's narrow place."
"Gourette Gourette () is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes in the ""département"" of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on the D 918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass. The closest air access is Pau Pyrénées Airport. In winter, the resort offers one of the largest skiable areas in the Pyrenean chain with 30 marked trails, and extending between 1,400 and 2,400 metres in altitude, covering about 90 hectares of mostly north-facing slopes. The area also hosts snowboarding and snowshoe trails. In 2005 the region spent over 50 million euros to"
"Tourrettes, Var Tourrettes is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Tourrettes is one of a series of ""perched villages"" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is a charming old Provençal village popular with tourists. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon (linking Nice to Grenoble through the Alps). In the recent years a high-standing golf resort has settled in Tourrettes : the Domaine de Terre Blanche attracting a foreign"
"La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite La Roque Ste Marguerite is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Lying deep in the scenic Dourbie gorge, the commune absorbed the formerly separate commune of St Verin in 1940, and it also incorporates the village of Pierrefiche du Larzac, which lies much higher on the ""Causse du Larzac"" (Larzac Plateau), at about 670 metres above sea level. The village lies about east of Millau. The main industry for the residents who still work locally is tourism: the most visited site in Aveyron for tourists, Le Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux, is within its bounds. But most"
"landed in Saint-Tropez in 1615; a hero of the American Revolutionary War, Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez; the icon of modern Saint-Tropez, Brigitte Bardot, who started the clothes-optional revolution and still lives in the Saint-Tropez area; Louis de Funès, who played the character of the gendarme (police officer) in the French comedy film series ""Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez"" and also helped establish the international image of Saint-Tropez as both a quiet town and a modern jet-set holiday target. Non-exhaustive filmography Television series Literature Painting Music Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez (; """" in Provençal dialect) is a town on the French"
"in Corrèze include: Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a department in south-western France, named after the river Corrèze which runs though it. Its capital is Tulle, and its most populated town is Brive-la-Gaillarde. The inhabitants of the department are called ""Corréziens"". Corrèze is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It includes part of the former province of Limousin (the Bas-Limousin). The 1851 census recorded a population of 320,866: this remained relatively constant for the rest of the nineteenth century. During the twentieth century, however, Corrèze shared the experience of many of"
"considered a ""Hors Catégorie"" climb in Union Cycliste Internationale race classifications. Gourette Gourette () is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes in the ""département"" of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on the D 918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass. The closest air access is Pau Pyrénées Airport. In winter, the resort offers one of the largest skiable areas in the Pyrenean chain with 30 marked trails, and extending between 1,400 and 2,400 metres in altitude, covering about 90 hectares of mostly north-facing slopes. The area also hosts snowboarding and snowshoe"
"is surrounded by the departments of Rhône, Isère, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, and Saône-et-Loire. The River Loire traverses the department from south to north. The Loire department is split into three arrondissements: Parts of the department belong to Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez. The inhabitants of the department are called ""Ligériens"". The industrial city of Saint-Étienne with its suburbs contains some 290,000 of the area's 728,542 inhabitants. Loire (department) Loire (; ; ) is a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes occupying the River Loire's upper reaches. Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two, about 3½ years after"
"château de la Rigale was built. Villetoureix Villetoureix is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Villetoureix is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Dronne, near Ribérac, in the ""Périgord blanc"" area. The commune consists of the village Villetoureix and the minor settlements of la Pouyade, la Borie, Mayac and la Dérame. Neighbouring communes are Ribérac and Saint-Méard-de-Drône to the south, Celles to the east, Bertric-Burée to the north and Allemans to the west. The first traces of inhabitants date back to the Gallo-Roman era, but development of the village started"
"Saint-Dizier-la-Tour The commune of St Dizier la Tour is in the department of the Creuse, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France. It lies close to the medieval town of Chénérailles and the 15th-century château de Villemonteix. It is essentially rural, consisting of two former communes, La-Tour-St-Austrille (now known simply as “La Tour”) and St Dizier, which were united in 1848 because they were both considered too small to be viable. It is crossed by two Gallo-Roman roads and two large streams, the Goze and the Verreau. The Goze gave its name to the nearby town of Gouzon and the"
"is located in the department. All Aube jurisdictions are located in Troyes. The city has a Tribunal d'instance and a High Court, a commercial court and an Employment Tribunal for civil and criminal jurisdictions. There is also a Correctional court and a Juvenile court. Appeals, however, are passed to the Court of Appeal in Reims. Aube currently has two storage facilities for radioactive waste: The four main theatres are: The Aube has 365 historical monuments of which 144 are classified, and 221 are enrolled. Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As"
"as gliding). The Tour de France passes through the department regularly. This draws many cycling fanatics to cycle the cols and watch the race. Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; , ""Upper Alps"") is a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range. Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It consists of the southeast of the former province of Dauphiné and the north of Provence. At the time when the department was created, the two mountain communes of La Grave and Villar-d'Arêne successfully campaigned to be included"
"Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; , ""Maritime Alps"") is a department of France located in the extreme southeast corner of the country, near the border with Italy and on the Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it had a population of 1,080,771 in 2013. It has become in recent years one of the world's most attractive destinations, featuring cities such as Nice (prefecture), Cannes, Antibes and Grasse, and numerous alpine ski resorts. Alpes-Maritimes also entirely surrounds Monaco. The department's inhabitants are called Maralpins and Maralpines; it has the same flag and arms as the city of Nice. The Alpes-Maritimes"