ancienly Antipolis, a strongly fortified seaport town of France, in the department of Var, situated on the Mediterranean, 10 miles south-east of Grasse. Its port is good and easy of access, with a lighthouse on a rock at the entrance. Population in 1846, 4515, chiefly engaged in the fishing and curing of sardines and anchovies, and in trading in dried fruits and oil. Lat. 43. 34. 40. N. Long. 7. 7. 50. E.