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Porquerolles ((:pɔʁkəʁɔl)), also known as the Île de Porquerolles, is an island in the Îles d'Hyères, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its surface area is and in 2004 its population was about 200. Porquerolles is the largest, most westerly of the three islands in the Îles d'Hyères. It is about long by wide, with five small ranges of hills. The south coast is lined with cliffs, and on the north coast are the port and the beaches of Notre Dame, La Courtade, and Plage d'Argent. The island's village was established in 1820, with its lighthouse constructed in 1837 and church in 1850. The entire island was purchased in 1912 by François Joseph Fournier, apparently as a wedding present for his wife; he planted of vineyards which produced a wine that was among the first to be classified as ''vin des Côtes de Provence''. In 1971 the state bought 80 percent of the island to preserve it from development. Much of the island is now part of a national park (the ''Port-Cros Parc National'') and nature conservation area (''Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles''). It is the setting for the 1949 novel ''Mon Ami Maigret'' (''My Friend Maigret'') by Georges Simenon and the 1964 novel ''Valparaiso'' by Nicolas Freeling. Since 2010, the island also hosts a jazz festival each summer ("Jazz à Porquerolles"). == Points of interest == * Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles * Port-Cros Parc National 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Porquerolles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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