La Seyne-sur-Mer
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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. Population (1999): 60,968.
Pop. (1901) 21,002.
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.
[edit] External links and reference
- Official website
- LaSeyne.Info
- Tourist office website
- Personal website about the history of La Seyne-sur-Mer (in French)
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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