Le Mourillon is a neighbourhood to the east of the French city of
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
, near the entrance to the ''Rade'' or
roadstead
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. It was once a fishing village, and then became the home of many of the officers of the French fleet and to part of the
naval dockyard. Mourillon has a small fishing port, next to a 16th-century fort, Fort Saint Louis, which was reconstructed by
Vauban.
[Michel Vergé-Franceschi, ''Toulon - Port Royal (1481-1789''. Tallandier: Paris, 2002.] In the 1970s the city of Toulon built a series of sheltered sandy beaches in Mourillon, which today are very popular with the Toulonais and with naval families. The Museum of Asian Art is located in a house on the waterfront near Fort St. Louis.
History
Points of interest
* Beaches of Mourillon (''Plages du Mourillon'')
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Jardin d'acclimatation du Mourillon
The Jardin d'acclimatation du Mourillon (8,000 m²) is a municipal botanical garden located at 1053 Littoral Frédéric Mistral, Le Mourillon, Toulon, Var (department), Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is open daily without charge.
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Sport
*Union sportive du Mourillon club de rugby à XV.
*Cadets 2006/2007 Demi-Finalistes Teulière B
*Cadets 2007/2008 Eliminated in the 16éme of Final Teulière B
References
External links
Site of the quarterHistory, old post cards of the district of Le Mourillon
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Toulon
Geography of Var (department)