[ noun ] a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast <noun.location>
Aircraft carrier Foch with almost 2,000 marines aboard, left Toulon on Saturday and now in eastern Mediterranean.
The sailboats were part of a 16-boat flotilla en route from Toulon, France, to Bonifacio, Corsica.
The apparent response by Eta to the Toulon arrest was an attempt to murder an army sergeant in Bilbao.
Other fires were spreading along the coast of southern France, especially around Marseille and Toulon.
The Meuse left the French port of Toulon early today, maritime sources there said.
Anti-aircraft destroyer Cassard, left Toulon Saturday, to replace the destroyer Duquesne.
Many passengers were stranded at the airport until late Friday morning, when the company transported them in buses to Toulon to take rerouted flights.
Toulon airport, soon to be enlarged, is only 30 minutes away by car, and when the TGV stops at Vidauban it will be possible to travel from Paris to Vidauban in 3 1/2 hours by train. There are other pluses.
Two men with links to a murdered Riviera underworld boss were yesterday brought before a magistrate investigating the killing of a French member of parliament, Reuter reports from Toulon.