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Baie de Briande

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Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.

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Cap Taillat, at the eastern end of Baie de Briande

The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.[1]

History

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Dolmen de la Briande

The Dolmen de la Briande [fr] is a prehistoric dolmen located 300 m inland.[2]

Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.[3]

Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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