Sanary-sur-Mer

Sanary-sur-Mer (; 'Sanary-on-Sea'; ), popularly known as Sanary, is a resort town and commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. Sanary-sur-Mer is located in coastal Provence on the Mediterranean Sea, west of Toulon and southeast of Marseille. It can be reached from Paris by TGV in less than four hours. In high season there are direct flights to nearby Toulon–Hyères Airport from London, Oslo, Brussels and Rotterdam.

==History== The seafront location was part of the commune of Ollioules. In the 16th century the seigneur established a fishing village here, clustered around the medieval watchtower, under the protection of Sanct Nazari of Lérins Abbey. The port was constructed and the harbour deepened in the mid-16th century. The little fishing port known in the Provençal dialect of Occitan (or in Provençal if considered as a distinct language) as 'Sant Nazari', later 'Sant Nàri', contracted later on as 'Sanàri', was finally granted its independence from Ollioules by Louis XIV on 10 July 1688. On 12 November 1890 it officially received its Francised name, 'Sanary', which was formalised and distinguished as 'sur-Mer' (on Sea) on 27 July 1923.