Islands of Hyères

The island of Gold is an small island attached it also to the Département of the VAr. --------------------------------------------- The islands of Hyères , also called islands of Gold , are a whole of three island S off the town of Hyères (of which they form part), in the department of the Var.

Geology

The archipelago of the islands of Hyères is a geological prolongation of the Massif Moors that the rise of water after the end of the glaciations, insulated, twenty approximately thousand years ago.

The maritime influence controls the temperatures. The winters are soft, the hot and dry summers.

History

After the Greek S and the Romain S, they were taken in hand by the monks of Lérins. François I {{er}} made of it a Marquisat with the ground statute of asylum, which quickly transformed them into den of Hors-la-loi. Adversaries then allied of the Turkish S, they knew many incursions buckwheat are. Finally Bonaparte organized defense of it, under the Consulate. In August 1944, unloading of the American forces in the islands of Port-Cross-country race and of Raising.

This unit includes/understands:

  • Porquerolles 1.254 ha, located in the prolongation of the peninsula of Giens.

  • Port-Cross-country race the antique Foreman: 650 ha; highest and most mountainous of the islands, equipped with an exceptional flora, refuge of the birds. It is only the national park of France metropolitan at the same time terrestrial and maritime.

  • Island of Bagaud 45 ha, holds National park of Port-Cross-country race, prohibited of access.

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