Sainte-Maxime, Var Département, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
🇫🇷 Sainte-Maxime is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), 90 km (56 mi) west from Nice and 130 km (81 mi) east from Marseille.
Economy Tourism is the largest source of revenue for Sainte-Maxime nowadays, but the town remains lively all year round with 13 968 inhabitants as of 2017. There is the old town with shops, markets, restaurants, bars and cafés, opposite the harbour. On the pier are marine shops and an upscale restaurant, and also fast boat transportation with Les Bateaux Verts to Les Issambres, St Tropez and Port Grimaud. There is a shoreline promenade with parks, pine trees, boulodrome Prince Bertil, the tourist office and the city beaches, as well as a casino with its own piece of white sand.
In addition to the city beaches, there are the Blue Flag-certified supervised ones. On the west side, The Croisette has a sailing school. On the east side of the town are La Nartelle, La Plage des Eléphants and La Garonette (also called Val D'Esquieres), which all provide water-skiing and jet-skiing activities. In addition, there are several smaller beaches that are unsupervised, for a total of 10 km of publicly accessible shoreline. There are eight golf courses within a 30 minute radius by car.
Sainte-Maxime, Var Département, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sainte-Maxime has a population of over 13,968 people. Sainte-Maxime also forms part of the wider Draguignan Arrondissement which has a population of over 306,320 people.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Sainte-Maxime has links with:
🇧🇪 Anderlecht, Belgium 🇺🇸 Matthews, USA