Giens Peninsula

Situated in southeast FRANCE, the Giens Peninsula - which is called Presqu'île de Giens in the French language - sticks out southward from mainland France into the Mediterranean Sea. The peninsula is in the Var region (région) in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur department (départmente). Presqu'île de Giens is northwest of the Îles d'Hyères (Hyeres Islands) and 20 kilometers east of Toulon, a small city which is about 40 kilometers east of Marseille. Giens, La Capte, La Madrague, La Tour-Fondue, and Port du Niel are some towns on Presqu'île de Giens. The peninsula is connected to the mainland by two vertical and skinny isthmuses; between them is a small water body called Etangs des Pasquiers. Some areas are under sea level elevation.