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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Fréjus
|native name        = {{native name|oc|Frejús}}
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = MairieFréjus.JPG
|image flag         = Flag of Frejus.svg
|image coat of arms = Coat of Arms of Fréjus.svg
|caption            = Fréjus Town Hall
|arrondissement     = Draguignan
|canton             = [[Canton of Fréjus|Fréjus]] and [[Canton of Saint-Raphaël|Saint-Raphaël]]
|INSEE              = 83061
|postal code        = 83600
|mayor              = [[David Rachline]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|party              = [[National Rally|RN]]
|intercommunality   = [[Estérel Côte d'Azur Agglomération]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|43.4330|6.737|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 8
|elevation min m    = 0
|elevation max m    = 616
|area km2           = 102.27
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Fréjus''' ({{IPA|fr|fʁeʒys|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Fréjus.wav}}; {{Langx|oc|Frejús}} {{IPA-oc|fɾeˈdʒys|}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Var (department)|Var]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]] in Southeastern [[France]].
It neighbours [[Saint-Raphaël, Var|Saint-Raphaël]], effectively forming one urban agglomeration. The north of the commune forms part of the [[Massif de l'Esterel]]. On 2 December 1959, the [[Malpasset Dam]], on the [[Reyran|Reyran River]] above the city of Fréjus, ruptured, killing over 400 people.
==History==
{{Anchor|History of Fréjus}}
The origins of Frejus probably lie with the [[Celtic nations|Celto]]-[[Ligures|Ligurian]] people who settled around the natural harbour of Aegytna. The remains of a defensive wall are still visible on Mont Auriasque and Cap Capelin. The [[Phocaeans]] of [[Marseille]] later established an outpost on the site.
===Foundation===
Frejus was strategically situated at an important crossroads formed by the [[Via Julia Augusta]] (which ran between Italy and the Rhône) and the [[Via Domitia]]. Although there are only few traces of a settlement at that time, it is known that the poet [[Cornelius Gallus]] was born there in 67 BC.<ref>The Origin of Cornelius Gallus; Ronald Syme; The Classical Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 1</ref>
[[Julius Caesar]] wanted to supplant [[Marseille|Massalia]] and he founded the city as ''Forum Julii'' meaning 'market of Julius'. Tacitus also named its port ''claustra maris'' (gateway to sea).<ref>Tacitus Histories 3, 43</ref>
The exact date of the founding of Forum Julii is uncertain, but it was certainly before 43 BC since it appears in the correspondence between [[Plancus]] and [[Cicero]] and 49 BC is most likely.
[[File:Frejus-amphitheatre-02.jpg|left|thumb|Amphitheatre.]]
===Roman city===
It was at Forum Julii that [[Augustus|Octavius]] repatriated the galleys taken from [[Mark Antony]] at the [[Battle of Actium]] in 31 BC.<ref>Tacitus Annals IV, 5</ref> Between 29 and 27 BC, it became a colony for his veterans of the [[Legio VIII Augusta|8th legion]], adding the suffix ''Octavanorum Colonia''.<ref>Pliny the Elder, Histories, III, 35</ref>
[[Augustus]] made the city the capital of the new province of [[Narbonensis]] in 22 BC, spurring rapid development. It became one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean; its port was the only naval base for the Roman fleet of Gaul which remained operative until the reign of [[Claudius]]<ref>{{The Age of the Galley | last = Rankov | first = Boris | chapter = Fleets of the Early Roman Empire, 31 BC–AD 324 | pages = 78–85}}, p. 78</ref> and only the second port after [[Ostia Antica|Ostia]] until at least the time of Nero.<ref>Tacitus Histories 2, 14; 3, 43</ref>
Subsequently, under [[Tiberius]], the major monuments and amenities still visible today were constructed: the amphitheatre, the aqueduct, the lighthouse, the baths and the theatre. Forum Julii had impressive walls of 3.7&nbsp;km length that protected an area of 35 hectares. There were about six thousand inhabitants. The territory of the city, the civitas forojuliensis, extended from [[Cabasse, Var|Cabasse]] in the west to [[Fayence]] and Mons in the north.
It became an important market town for craft and agricultural production. Agriculture developed with [[villa rustica]]s such as at Villepey<ref>Donnadieu A. 1930 : « Les fouilles des ruines gallo-romaines de Villepey (Villa Podii). Près Fréjus (Forum Julii) », Institut des fouilles de Provence et des préalpes. Bulletin et Mémoires, 1926-1928.</ref> and [[Saint-Raphaël, Var|Saint-Raphaël]]. Mining of green sandstone and blue porphyry and fish farming contributed to the thriving economy.
In 40 AD [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], who later completed the Roman conquest of Britain, was born in Forum Julii. He was father-in-law of the historian Tacitus, whose biography of Agricola mentions that Forum Julii was an "ancient and illustrious colony".<ref>Tacitus Histories 3, 43</ref> The city was also mentioned several times in the writings of [[Strabo]] and [[Pliny the Elder]].
In early 69 the [[Battle of Forum Julii]] was fought between the armies of the rival emperors [[Otho]] and [[Vitellius]].<ref>Tacitus: Histories 2.14-15.</ref> The exact location of this battle is not known, but afterwards Vitellius retreated to [[Antibes|Antipolis]].
[[File:Frejus-porte-doree.jpg|thumb|Roman baths: arch (Porte d'Orée or Porte Dorée).]]
The 4th century saw the creation of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon|Diocese of Fréjus]], France's second largest after that of Lyon; the building of the first church is attested in 374 with the election of a bishop. Saint-Léonce became Bishop of Fréjus in 433 and wrote: "From 374, at the Council of Valencia, a bishop was appointed in Frejus, but he never came. I was the first of the bishops of that city. I was able to build the first Cathedral with its Baptistery."
The decay of Rome led to that of the cities of its empire.
[[File:Pont romain des Esclapes.JPG|Roman road bridge "des Esclapes".|left|thumb]]
[[File:Frejus Baptisterium.jpg|Baptistry in the cathedral.|left|thumb]]
===Other sights===
The richest architecture belongs to the Roman city whose many buildings make it the richest concentration of this period in France after [[Arles]]. The most notable are the [[Arènes de Fréjus|amphitheatre]], the aqueduct from [[Mons, Var]], as well as the theatre.
In addition the old town is home to many other impressive remains, city walls, the two gates (of Rome, of Reyran), the square of Agricola with the gate of the Gauls, an exedra and the platform with a cistern on the Butte Saint-Antoine, the paving of the via Aurelia which passed through the city,  the remains of the ancient harbour with the remains of the north quay, the lighthouse and quay of Augustus, a mosaic floor of fighting cocks in a private property, the sewers under the present rue Jean Jaures, the baptistry in [[Frejus Cathedral]] dates from the 5th century AD and columns there are from Roman buildings.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
No fewer than five public baths are known in the city, those of the Porte Dorée, the Plate-Forme, les Poiriers, Villeneuve (probably military, and incorporated in modern buildings) and on the Butte Saint-Antoine, three of which are outside the city walls.<ref>La place des thermes dans la ville: les exemples de Fréjus et Cimiez, S. Ardisson, Actes du 8e colloque antique de Frejus, Antibes 2010</ref>
A probable military or naval camp was excavated at Aiguières, Villeneuve<ref>Une fouille récente à la périphérie de Forum Julii: le chantier des Aiguières [article] Goudineau, Christiansem;  Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Année 1982 Volume 126</ref> near the ancient shore line and associated with the nearby baths,<ref>A Donnadieu; Le port militaire de Forum Julii, Paris 1935</ref> and also a 4th-century mausoleum at rue de La Tourrache. The remains of a suburban villa are at La Rose des Sables. Roman road bridges still exist at Cantonniers and at Esclapes (with three arches), a [[fulling mill]] at Arsenal, and a necropolis in Sainte-Brigitte and fishponds on the coast at Saint-Aygulf.
[[File:Lanterne Auguste.JPG|"Lanterne Auguste", Roman lighthouse.|thumb]]
===Aqueduct===
{{Expand French|topic=geo|Aqueduc de Mons à Fréjus|date=July 2016}}
The aqueduct is 42&nbsp;km long and runs for 1.8&nbsp;km on bridges and 500m on walls. Large parts of the aqueduct are still well preserved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/frejus/index.html|title=Roman aqueducts: Frejus (France)}}</ref>
[[File:Aqueduct Frejus 2.jpg|Aqueduct bridge at Senequier.|thumb]]
===Roman port===
An archaeological campaign in July 2005<ref>New data on the ancient littoral of Fréjus. The archaeological evaluation of the "théâtre d'agglomération" (Fréjus, Var); Pierre Excoffon, Benoît Devillers, Stéphane Bonnet et Laurent Bouby; http://archeosciences.revues.org/59</ref> revealed a portion of ancient rocky coast which showed it was almost one kilometre further inland than current estimates. In the middle of the 1st century AD at the time of the creation of Forum Iulii, this coastline was a narrow band of approximately 100m wide at the south of the Butte Saint-Antoine. Further archaeology has revealed much information on the ancient port.<ref>Fréjus (Forum Julii): Le Port Antique / The Ancient Harbour by Chérine Gébara and Christophe Morhange, {{ISBN|978-1-887829-77-9}}</ref> A Triton monument was discovered at the entrance to the harbour. This statue and the remains of a Roman building at the end of the eastern quay nearby, shows this site to be a lighthouse.
Two lighthouses were constructed on the quays and a third assisted mariners in locating the harbour's sea entrance. The third, situated on the Île du Lion de Mer, would have been the primary beacon that ships would have navigated toward. As ships approached the harbour, the Triton lighthouse on the northern side of the channel into the harbour and the other lighthouse on the southern side would have marked the entrance and thus provided safe passage into the harbour.
===Post-Roman history===
Between the 7th and the 9th centuries, Muslim invaders repeatedly raided the city. The sea encroached on the land while invasions by the Muslims and pirates left the monuments in ruin. By the 10th century there was very little left of the colony, mostly rubble. Sea-borne silt clogged up the port and led to the formation of a huge swampy plain, which then separated the village from the sea.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
[[Napoleon]] landed at Frejus on 9 October 1799, returning from Egypt in order to ostensibly defend the [[French Directory]] in Paris.
During the [[World War I|First World War]] Fréjus became the main centre for ''[[hivernage]]'' (wintering) for the [[Senegalese Tirailleurs]].<ref name=Wintering>{{cite web|url=http://regards.grandeguerre.free.fr/pages/histoire/tirailleurs_senegalais_a_l_epreuve_de_l_hiver_1916_1917.html|title=Les tirailleurs " sénégalais " à l'épreuve de l'hiver|last=Dez|first=Bastien |date=2008 |website=Regards sur... la Première Guerre Mondiale 1914 - 1918 |language =fr|access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=Wintering2>{{cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/gratuit/generales/france/frejus-un-hommage-solennel-aux-tirailleurs-senegalais-20070901-1511072_1027431.php |title=Fréjus. Un hommage solennel aux tirailleurs sénégalais |date=1 September 2007 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> The town also contained [[racial segregation|segregated]] hospitals with images of African village life painted on the walls.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mann |first=Gregory |journal=The American History Journal |date=April 2005 |volume=110 |issue=5 |pages=409–434 |title=Locating Colonial Histories: Between France and West Africa. |doi=10.1086/531320 |url=http://ahr.oxfordjournals.org/content/110/2/409.full.pdf+html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131121200103/http://ahr.oxfordjournals.org/content/110/2/409.full.pdf+html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-21}}</ref>
==Geography==
{{expand section|date=April 2022}}
As a backdrop there is the [[Massif de l'Esterel]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|14676|Fréjus}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2020)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-83061#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2400
|1800 |2229
|1806 |1943
|1821 |2306
|1831 |2665
|1836 |3041
|1841 |3062
|1846 |3132
|1851 |2665
|1856 |2727
|1861 |2878
|1866 |3050
|1872 |3052
|1876 |3478
|1881 |3135
|1886 |3540
|1891 |3139
|1896 |3510
|1901 |4156
|1906 |4190
|1911 |4022
|1921 |9451
|1926 |9091
|1931 |9676
|1936 |9441
|1946 |12907
|1954 |13452
|1962 |16953
|1968 |23629
|1975 |28851
|1982 |31662
|1990 |41486
|1999 |46801
|2009 |52203
|2014 |53511
|2020 |55750
}}
==Politics==
In [[2014 French municipal elections|2014]], [[David Rachline]] of the [[National Rally|National Front]] (later renamed National Rally) was elected Mayor of Fréjus.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/municipales/article/2014/03/30/frejus-le-frontiste-david-rachline-emporte-la-ville_4389566_1828682.html "Municipales 2014 : à Fréjus, le frontiste David Rachline emporte la ville"], ''[[Le Monde]]'' (in French), 2014-03-30.</ref>
{| class="wikitable centre"
|+ style="text-align: center;" | List of mayors of Fréjus
! Start !! End !! Name !! colspan=2| [[List of political parties in France|Party]]
|-
|| 1977 || 1997 || [[François Léotard]] || bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (France)}}| || [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]–[[Republican Party (France)|PR]]
|-
|| 1997 || 2014 || [[Élie Brun]] || bgcolor={{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}| || [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|-
|| 2014 || Present || [[David Rachline]] || bgcolor={{party color|National Front (France)}}| || [[National Rally|FN/RN]]
|}
==Economy==
Fréjus is a resort town  which hosts three to four times as many people as its regular inhabitants over the summer.<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news |date=2016-09-19 |title=In Frejus, France's far-right FN faces test of leadership |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-lepen-analysis-idUSKCN11P1BT |access-date=2022-04-06}}</ref> It organises several fairs throughout the year; there is the pottery fair and the Bravade amongst its Roman and Gothic architecture with the 'old tile' roof tops and tinted walls.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Port Fréjus which has a capacity of 750 moorings, is surrounded by beautiful fine sandy beaches.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} There is an annual '[[Roc d'Azur]]' mountain bike event.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
==Transport==
The [[Fréjus station|Fréjus railway station]] offers connections to Saint-Raphaël, Les Arcs and Cannes and a few other regional destinations. Long distance destinations are accessible from the nearby Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station. The [[A8 autoroute]] connects Fréjus with [[Aix-en-Provence]] and [[Nice]].
==Climate==
Fréjus has a [[hot-summer mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: '''Csa''').
{{Weather box
|location = Fréjus (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1919–present)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 22.8
|Feb record high C = 26.4
|Mar record high C = 27.3
|Apr record high C = 28.3
|May record high C = 32.6
|Jun record high C = 37.7
|Jul record high C = 42.5
|Aug record high C = 41.5
|Sep record high C = 35.4
|Oct record high C = 35.9
|Nov record high C = 26.6
|Dec record high C = 23.2
|year record high C = 42.5
|Jan high C = 13.3
|Feb high C = 14.0
|Mar high C = 16.3
|Apr high C = 18.6
|May high C = 22.4
|Jun high C = 26.3
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 29.3
|Sep high C = 25.6
|Oct high C = 21.5
|Nov high C = 16.9
|Dec high C = 13.7
|year high C = 20.6
|Jan mean C = 8.6
|Feb mean C = 8.9
|Mar mean C = 11.2
|Apr mean C = 13.6
|May mean C = 17.4
|Jun mean C = 21.2
|Jul mean C = 23.8
|Aug mean C = 24.0
|Sep mean C = 20.5
|Oct mean C = 16.9
|Nov mean C = 12.5
|Dec mean C = 9.3
|year mean C = 15.7
|Jan low C = 4.0
|Feb low C = 3.8
|Mar low C = 6.1
|Apr low C = 8.6
|May low C = 12.6
|Jun low C = 16.2
|Jul low C = 18.6
|Aug low C = 18.7
|Sep low C = 15.4
|Oct low C = 12.2
|Nov low C = 8.0
|Dec low C = 4.9
|year low C = 10.8
|Jan record low C = -9.0
|Feb record low C = -12.0
|Mar record low C = -8.6
|Apr record low C = -1.8
|May record low C = 1.1
|Jun record low C = 5.5
|Jul record low C = 7.5
|Aug record low C = 7.7
|Sep record low C = 4.5
|Oct record low C = 0.1
|Nov record low C = -3.3
|Dec record low C = -7.0
|year record low C = -12.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 69.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 51.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 49.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.2
|May precipitation mm = 43.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 31.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 15.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 27.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 81.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 115.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 132.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 96.9
|year precipitation mm = 785.6
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 5.7
|Feb precipitation days = 5.1
|Mar precipitation days = 5.0
|Apr precipitation days = 6.4
|May precipitation days = 5.0
|Jun precipitation days = 3.4
|Jul precipitation days = 1.4
|Aug precipitation days = 2.1
|Sep precipitation days = 4.8
|Oct precipitation days = 7.4
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3
|Dec precipitation days = 6.5
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|Jan snow days = 0.7
|Feb snow days = 0.4
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.1
|Dec snow days = 0.2
|year snow days = 1.5
|Jan humidity = 75
|Feb humidity = 73
|Mar humidity = 72
|Apr humidity = 73
|May humidity = 76
|Jun humidity = 75
|Jul humidity = 73
|Aug humidity = 74
|Sep humidity = 77
|Oct humidity = 78
|Nov humidity = 77
|Dec humidity = 76
|year humidity = 74.9
|Jan sun = 155.9
|Feb sun = 166.6
|Mar sun = 217.7
|Apr sun = 220.7
|May sun = 264.9
|Jun sun = 311.1
|Jul sun = 346.1
|Aug sun = 313.4
|Sep sun = 234.2
|Oct sun = 171.9
|Nov sun = 141.6
|Dec sun = 121.2
|year sun = 2665.2
|source 1 = [[Meteo France]],<ref>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180405173844/https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_83061001.pdf
| archive-date = 5 April 2018
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_83061001.pdf
| title = Frejus (83)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1991–2020 et records
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 5 April 2018}}</ref> Meteociel.fr (sun 1981-2010)<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=83061001&normes=2010&normes2=0
| title=Normales / Moyennes 1981-2010 / Frejus (83)
| language = fr
| publisher = [[Météo-France]]
| access-date = September 12, 2022}}</ref>
|source 2 = Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days 1961–1990)<ref name=Infoclimat>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306004535/http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07680-frejus-st-rapha-eumll.html
| archive-date = 6 March 2016
| url = http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07680-frejus-st-rapha-eumll.html
| title = Normes et records 1961-1990: Fréjus - St Raphaël (83) - altitude 2m
| language = fr
| publisher = Infoclimat
| access-date = 5 April 2018}}</ref>
}}
==Twin towns and sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Fréjus is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Villes jumelles|url=https://www.ville-frejus.fr/fr/vivre-a-frejus/ma-ville/villes-jumelees/|website=ville-frejus.fr|publisher=Fréjus|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-14|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213033758/https://www.ville-frejus.fr/fr/vivre-a-frejus/ma-ville/villes-jumelees/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], United States
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Triberg im Schwarzwald|Triberg]], Germany
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dumbéa]], France
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paola, Calabria|Paola]], Italy
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tabarka]], Tunisia
==People==
[[File:Egitto romano, testa forse di g. cornelio gallo, 30 ac ca.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Cornelius Gallus]], ca.30 BC]]
*[[Cornelius Gallus]] (ca.70–26 BC), a Roman poet, orator and politician.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gallus, Cornelius |volume= 11 | page = 426 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]] (AD 40–93), a Roman governor of the province of Britain.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Agricola, Gnaeus Julius |volume= 1 | pages = 386&ndash;387 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Lérins Abbey#First foundation|St. Maximus]] (died 460), Abbot at Lerins and Bishop of Frejus
*[[Marc-Antoine Désaugiers]] (1742–1793) & [[Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Désaugiers, Marc Antoine Madeleine |volume= 8 | page = 78 |short= 1}}</ref> (1772–1827), French composers
*[[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]] (1748–1836), known as ''Abbé Sieyès'', [[French Revolution]] theorist and author of ''[[What is the Third Estate?]]''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Sieyès, Emmanuel-Joseph | volume= 25 |last= Rose |first= John Holland |author-link= John Holland Rose | pages = 57&ndash;58 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Patrick Salameh]] (born 1957), a French criminal and serial killer.
*[[Belinda Carlisle]] (born 1958), American singer, musician & author; partly lived here 1994-2017.
*[[Casey Legler]] (born 1977), a French-American writer, restaurateur, model and former Olympic swimmer.
*[[Anna Mouglalis]] (born 1978), a French actress and model.
*[[David Rachline]] (born 1987), politician and mayor of Fréjus from March 2014
*[[Bryan Ferry]] (born 1945), suave English rock singer, performed a major concert with [[Roxy Music]] in 1982.
=== Sport ===
*[[Odiah Sidibe]] (born 1970), a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent
*[[Yoann Richomme]] (born 1983), a French navigator, sailor and yacht skipper.
*[[Adil Rami]] (born 1985), a footballer with about 450 club caps and 36 for [[France national football team|France]]
*[[Marc Andreu]] (born 1985), rugby union player
*[[Kévin Constant]] (born 1987), a footballer with 228 club caps and 24 for [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]]
*[[Anthony Modeste (French footballer)|Anthony Modeste]] (born 1988), a French footballer with over 400 club caps
*[[Layvin Kurzawa]] (born 1992), a footballer with over 200 club caps and 13 for [[France national football team|France]]
==See also==
*[[Bishopric of Fréjus]]
*[[Malpasset]]
*[[Communes of the Var department]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Fréjus}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Fréjus | volume= 11 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge|  page = 96 |short= 1}}
* [http://www.ville-frejus.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://www.frejus-saint-raphael.com/ Frejus website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040956/http://www.13flo.com/siteArcheo//index1.php Forum Julii in 3D]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161513/http://plateforme-frejus.com/ Fréjus la plate-forme]
* [http://www.frejus.fr/ Tourism website] (in French)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070308201000/http://perso.orange.fr/portfrejus/index2.htm Port of Frejus Marina]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061022054950/http://www.encyclopedie-enligne.com/Images/2/250px-frejuscathedrale.jpg Photo of Fréjus Cathedral]
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