Cavalaire-sur-Mer

French commune
nomcommune=Cavalaire-sur-Mer
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Var
arrondissement=Draguignan
canton=Saint-Tropez
insee=83036
cp=83240
maire=Annick Napoleon
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=6.52972222222
latitude=43.1719444444
alt moy=150 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=528 m
hectares=1,674
km²=16.74
sans=5237
date-sans=1999
dens=312
date-dens=1999

Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a commune in the Var "département", in southeastern France, part of the French Riviera.

History

During World War II, on August 16, 1944, it was one of the sites of a beach landing in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France.