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Fréjus
Pop.: 47.897 h.
Superficie : 10.227 ha

Var Department

On highway A8 and route N7 or the coastal route
between Ste Maxime and Cannes.

Ancient military port and Roman city, Fréjus rises above the fertile alluvial plains which separate the Esterel mountains from the Maures mountains.

At equal distance between Cannes and St Tropez this city of art and culture has built up a rich historical and architectural patrimony.

This has been an active and dynamic city since Julius Caesar himself founded it in 49 B.C. and right up to the present with the French Navy often at shore here.

The city is filled with monuments. These include one of the largest amphitheaters from Gallic times (1st or 2nd century), a Roman theater, the Porte Dorée ( a golden door, ruins from baths of the 3rd c.), the Porte des Gaules, the aqueduct which carried the water from Signole for 40 km and the Cocteau Chapel conceived by Jean Cocteau In 1961 and finished by E. Dermit in 1965.

Fréjus Is also a seaside resort where the sea once again finds itself In the center of the city with the construction of the Port-Fréjus.

It has been built on the site of Fréjus-Plage that was partially destroyed In 1959 after the rupturing of the dam at Malpasset.

The little port of St. Aygulf gives easy access to the beach paths where one can discover the wild inlets and the sand beaches of this pleasant hamlet.