Sport with Sète

The Sport with Sète is dominated by the practice of the Water tournament (eight clubs) and the football clubs of FC Sète, toilets sports shirt of the Dauphins FC Sète and of volley ball of the Arago de Sète. Moreover, Sète offers a site favourable with the competitions of veil while the Saint-Clearly mount is a high place of the Cyclisme.

Water tournament

the water tournament is “the” sport sétois par excellence. This sport is practiced in Sète since the inauguration of the port in 1666. The city counts six companies of tournaments plus a company-school, case single in France.

The Grand Prix of Saint-Louis is the most prestigious tournament of water tournaments. This competition exists since 1743 and the 264e edition was held of the 22 with the August 29th 2006 along the royal channel. The final of the test queen, the heavy trucks, was held Monday August 28th.

The museum Paul-Valéry de Sète offers a space of permanent exposure to the tournaments.

Football Club of Sète 34

The club of Football which was the first in France has to sign one doubled Coupe de France - Championnat of France in 1934.

The club evolves/moves since the Années 1990 with the Stade Louis-Michel after having used a long time the Stade Georges-Bayrou (or stage of the Smallholdings), become obsolete.

Dolphins FC Sète

The club of water polo founded in 1907.

Arago de Sète

The club of founded Volley ball in 1953 and vice-champion of France in 2005.

Veil

Sète offers a site particularly favorable to the practice of the veil. The city was thus candidate with the reception of the Coupe of America 2007. Drawn aside with the profit of Valence, Sète does not remain about it less one camp of important drive for certain crews of the famous cut. Founded in 1985, the Yacht Club of Sète is particularly active in this field, the match-racing. Moreover, the city is used regularly as stage with the Tour de France with the veil. Crews sétois gained the test in 1987 and 1988. more infos http://sn7.free.fr or http://asso.ffv.fr/sn_sete/

Cycling

Regretted the Grand Prix of Midi Libre passed systematically by Sète and generally climbed the slopes of the Saint-Clearly mount. The Tour de France also made stage with the foot of the mount in 1966 and 1967. The loops of Sète, also called Turn of Thau, is a famous test juniors created in 1987.

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