Porquerolles on the French Riviera
Thursday, 23 December 2021 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , French Riviera
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Porquerolles, also known as the
Île de Porquerolles , is an island in the
Îles d’Hyères ,
Var ,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ,
France . Its land area is 1,254 hectares (12.54 km²; 4.84 sq mi) and in 2004 its population was about 200. Since 2010, the island also hosts a jazz festival each summer (“Jazz à Porquerolles”).
Porquerolles is the largest, most westerly of the three Îles d’Hyères . It is about 7 km (4.3 miles) long by 3 km (1.9 miles) wide, with five small ranges of hills. The south coast is lined with cliffs, and on the north coast are the port and the beaches of Notre Dame, La Courtade and Plage d’Argent.
Port of Porquerolles © Hyerestourisme/cc-by-sa-3.0
The island’s village was established in 1820, with its lighthouse constructed in 1837 and church in 1850. The entire island was purchased in 1912 by
François Joseph Fournier , apparently as a wedding present for his wife; he planted 200 hectares (500 acres) of
vineyards which produced a wine that was among the first to be classified as
vin des Côtes de Provence .
In 1971 the state bought 80 percent of the island to preserve it from development. Much of the island is now part of a national park (the
Port-Cros Parc National ) and nature conservation area (
Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles ).
It is the setting for
Georges Simenon’s novels,
Le Cercle des Mahé (“The Mahe Circle”) (1946) and
Mon ami Maigret (“My Friend Maigret”) (1949) and for the 1964 novel
Valparaiso .
Read more on
france.fr – The new Fondation Carmignac in Porquerolles ,
mpmtourisme.com – Day trip by bike in Porquerolles with the Bateliers de la Côte d’Azur ,
Wikivoyage Porquerolles and
Wikipedia Porquerolles (
Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State -
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