'Saint-Raphaël' is a
commune of the
Var ''
département'' and the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of
France. Along with the city of
Fréjus, it forms the metropolitan
Communauté d'agglomération de Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, 60 kilometers southwest of the city of
Nice on the
Mediterranean coast. It is considered part of the
French Riviera.
During
World War II, on August 15, 1944, it was one of the sites of a beach landing in
Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern
France. The north of the commune forms part of the
Estérel Massif. In the
1999 census, Saint-Raphaël had a population of 30,671. Its land area is 89.59 km² (34.591 sq mi).
The bacterium ''Streptomyces mediterranei'' was first isolated in 1957 from a soil sample collected near St Raphael. The bacteria became the source of the anti-tuberculosis drug
rifamycin.
External links
★
Official website
★
Panorama of the Saint-Raphaël's port
★
frejus Saint Raphaël Tourism
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