Piscine Tournesol

A Piscine Tournesol or Sunflower Pool is a type of swimming pool built in France on an industrial scale in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 183 pools were built as a result of the French government's "Operation 1,000 pools" program.
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  • Type: Sports venue
  • Description: type of French public swimming pool
  • Also known as: “Piscine municipale” and “piscine Tournesol”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palais Nikaïa and Stade Charles-Ehrmann.

Theater building
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is an indoor concert hall and multi-purpose facility located in , . It opened on 4 April 2001, and is located at a five-minute drive from Côte d'Azur International Airport. is situated 1 km east of Piscine Tournesol.

Sports venue
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is a multi-use in , . For sporting events it seats 8,000 spectators. It is sometimes used by the OGC Nice, for practice or friendly matches, and by their reserves team the Eaglets. is situated 610 metres east of Piscine Tournesol.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 570 metres south of Piscine Tournesol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region on the .

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is a town near that is in the department, in the region, in southeastern .

Village
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is a commune in the department in southeastern France. is situated 6 km northwest of Piscine Tournesol.

Piscine Tournesol

Latitude
43.68074° or 43° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
7.18923° or 7° 11′ 21″ east
Inception
1975
Open location code
8FM9M5JQ+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 63447157
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­sports_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­swimming
Wiki­data ID
Q3389223
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In Other Languages

From French to Luxembourgish—“Piscine Tournesol” goes by many names.

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