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Bandol
Sign in to saveBandol (; ) is a commune in Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. Bandol and the seat of its eponymous commune, was founded in 1595 and built around a small military fort.
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Bandol is a commune in France, situated within the Var department and the arrondissement of Toulon. It is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and shares borders with La Cadière-d'Azur, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, and Sanary-sur-Mer. The town’s official name is Bandol, and it falls under the canton of Ollioules.
With a population of 8,517, the community consists of 3,868 males and 4,541 females. The area covers 8.59 square kilometers. Bandol is twinned with Onex, Nettuno, and Wehr. Its postal code is 83150, and it uses the license plate code 83. The elevation above sea level is listed as 221 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bandol
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,546
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bandol
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Viaduc de Bandol.jpeg
- French commune.caption
- Viaduct in Bandol
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Bandol.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Toulon
- French commune.canton
- Ollioules
- French commune.INSEE
- 83009
- French commune.postal code
- 83150
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Paul Joseph
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Sud Sainte Baume
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 221
- French commune.area km2
- 8.58
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bandol
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Toulon
- Population
- 8267
- Area
- 8.59
- Elevation
- 83
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Sanary-sur-Mer
- Official website
- www.bandol.fr
- Image
- Bandol sunrise @ Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Mai 03.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 83
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- Commons category
- Bandol
- postal code
- 83150
- twinned administrative body
- Onex
- topic's main category
- Category:Bandol
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Bandol
- associated electoral district
- canton of Ollioules
- male population
- 3868
- female population
- 4541
- P8168
- Offlaga
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-94-29-12-30
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Travel guide
Understand
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Bandol was founded in 1595 and built around a small military fort.
The Bandol wine region, near the coast east of Marseille and Cassis, is one of Provence's most internationally recognized wine regions. Built around the village of Bandol, the Bandol AOC covers the production of 8 communes with silicon & limestone soils. Those soils and the warm, coastal climate are ideally suited for the late ripening Mourvèdre grape which is the major variety of the region. For both the red and rosé wines, Mourvèdre must account for at least 50% of the blend, though most producers will use significantly more, with Grenache & Cinsaut usually filling out the rest of the wine's composition.
See
thumb|At the Bendor island thumb|Neptune, Bendor island
Perhaps the major attraction in Bandol besides its beaches is Bendor Island. The island is privately owned, but visitors are welcomed.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Bandol wine
- Population
- Notable people
- International relations
- See also
- References
Bandol (; ) is a commune in Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. Bandol and the seat of its eponymous commune, was founded in 1595 and built around a small military fort.
== Bandol wine == The region, located near the coast east of Marseille and Cassis, is one of Provence's most internationally recognized wine regions. It was recognised as an AOC in 1941. Built around the village of Bandol, west of Toulon, the Bandol AOC covers the production of 8 communes with silica & limestone soils. Those soils and the warm, coastal climate are ideally suited for the late ripening Mourvèdre grape which is the major variety of the region. For the red, Mourvèdre must account for at least 50% of the blend. For the rosés, Mourvèdre must account for at least 20% of the blend, though most producers will use significantly more, with Grenache and Cinsaut usually filling out the rest of the wine's composition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bandol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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