What is Toulon?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Toulon |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Montage Toulon.JPG |image size = 300px |caption = Top left: Toulon Opera House, Top right: Mayol Stadium (Le Stade du Mayol), 2nd: Panoramic view of downtown Toulon and its port, 3rd left: Place de la Liberté, 3rd right: The beaches of Mourillon, Bottom left: The cable car to Mount Faron, Bottom right: Fort Saint-Louis |image flag = Flag of Toulon.svg |image coat of arms = Armoiries ville fr Toulon (83).svg |arrondissement = Toulon |canton = [[Canton of Toulon-1|Toulon-1]], [[Canton of Toulon-2|2]], [[Canton of Toulon-3|3]] and [[Canton of Toulon-4|4]] |INSEE = 83137 |postal code = 83000 |mayor = [[Hubert Falco]] |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = [[Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée|CA Toulon Provence Méditerranée]] |coordinates = {{coord|43.13|5.92|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 1 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 589 |area km2 = 42.84 |population = 163974 |population date = 2011 }} '''Toulon''' is a city in the south of [[France]]. It has about 170,000 people. Toulon is the prefecture of [[Var (department)|Var]]. Toulon is the third biggest city of the region [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] after [[Marseille]] and [[Nice]]. It is the main base of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] fleet of the [[French Navy]]. It is {{convert|190|km|abbr=off}} from the Italian border. == Education == * [[Kedge Business School]] == More reading == * ''[http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=thiollet+chevallier&Search_Code=GKEY%5E*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick Le Chevallier à découvert]'', [[Jean-Pierre Thiollet]], Laurens Ed., 1998. {{ISBN|2-911838-51-3}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} {{Cities in France}} {{Préfectures of départements of France}} {{Auth