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Fréjus can also refer to the Fréjus Road Tunnel and the Fréjus Rail Tunnel in the Alps.

Fréjus is a coastal town on the French Riviera and commune in the Var département, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. It neigbours Saint-Raphaël, Var, effectively forming one town. It is part.

Its population in 2004 was 50,536.

On December 2, 1959, the Malpasset Dam, on the Reyran river above Fréjus, ruptured, killing over 400 people.

[edit] Main sights

• The church of St. Maximinus, begun towards the end of the thirteenth century by Charles II of Sicily and completed by the end of the fifteenth century, a relevant example of pointed architecture in the south of France. The head of St. Mary Magdalen is honoured here, and the crypt contains tombs which date from the first centuries of the Christian Era.

[edit] See also

• Bishopric of Fréjus
• Malpasset

[edit] Sources, references and external links

• Frejus website
• Official website
• Tourism website (in French)
• Le Domaine du Pin de la Legue - private camping site
• Article on the Malpasset Dam
• [1] Photo of Fréjus Cathedral

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