La baie de la Seyne est une baie de France située dans le Var, dans la rade de Toulon dont elle constitue l'extrémité, entre la Seyne-sur-Mer au sud et à l'ouest, Ollioules au nord-ouest et Toulon au nord. L'intégralité de son littoral est aménagé avec différentes installations portuaires dont le port de la Seyne et ses anciens chantiers navals, un port de commerce et le port militaire de Toulon.
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The scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon was orchestrated by Vichy France on 27 November 1942 to prevent Nazi German forces from seizing it. After the Allied invasion of North Africa, the Germans invaded the territory administered by Vichy under the Armistice of 1940. The Vichy Secretary of the Navy, Admiral François Darlan, defected to the Allies, who were gaining increasing support from servicemen and civilians. His replacement, Admiral Gabriel Auphan, guessed correctly that the Germans intended to seize the large fleet at Toulon, and ordered it scuttled.
The Germans began Operation Anton but the French naval crews used subterfuge to delay them until the scuttling was complete. Anton was judged a failure, with the capture of 39 small ships, while the French destroyed 77 vessels; several submarines escaped to French North Africa. It marked the end of Vichy France as a credible naval power and marked the destruction of the last political bargaining chip it had with Germany.
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Pont basculant de la Seyne-sur-Mer is a former bascule bridge in La Seyne-sur-Mer in France.
It was completed in 1918 and served originally as railway bridge. Today, it is permanently opened
and used as 43 metres tall observation tower.
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The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var, in southern France, standing on Quai Saturnin Fabre.
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La Seyne-sur-Mer syʁ mɛʁ]; lit. "La Seyne on Sea"; Occitan: La Sanha), commonly simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, is situated adjacent to the west of the city.
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The canton of La Seyne-sur-Mer-1 is an administrative division of the Var department, southeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
It consists of the following communes:
La Seyne-sur-Mer