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SEYNE

Volume 20 · 66 words · 1860 Edition

a seaport of France, in the department of Var, on the Mediterranean, 3 miles S.W. of Toulon, at the west end of the inner roadstead of that town. It is regularly laid out and well built, and has spacious quays, a good harbour, and a shipbuilding-yard. Many of the inhabitants are employed in tunny and sardine fisheries, and there is a considerable coasting trade. Pop. 4582.