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The Îles d'Hyères (), also known as Îles d'Or (), are a group of four
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...
islands off
Hyères Hyères (), Provençal dialect, Provençal Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Al ...
in the Var department of Southeastern
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. Their old name is the Stoechades Islands from ''Stoikhádes'' from ''stoikhás'' meaning “in a row one behind another”. A unique species of
lavender ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the sage family, Lamiaceae. It is native plant, native to the Old World, primarily found across the drier, warmer regions of the Mediterranean ...
named ''
Lavandula stoechas ''Lavandula stoechas'', the Spanish lavender or topped lavender (U.S.) or French lavender (U.K.), is a species of lavender native to the Mediterranean Basin. Taxonomy The flower was first recorded by Greek botanist Pedanius Dioscorides as the ...
'' was discovered here by
Pedanius Dioscorides Pedanius Dioscorides (, ; 40–90 AD), "the father of pharmacognosy", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of (in the original , , both meaning "On Medical Material") , a 5-volume Greek encyclopedic pharmacopeia on he ...
.


Islands

With a combined area of , the Îles d'Hyères consist of *
Porquerolles Porquerolles (; ), also known as the Île de Porquerolles, is an island in the Îles d'Hyères, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its land area is and in 2004, its population has been about 200. Porquerolles, the largest and most west ...
– , an extension of the Giens peninsula *
Port-Cros Port-Cros () is a French island in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean island group known as the Îles d'Hyères. It is part of the commune of Hyères, in the department of Var (department), Var in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The ...
– , the most mountainous, part of
Port-Cros National Park Port-Cros National Park () is a French national park established on the Mediterranean island of Port-Cros, east of Toulon. It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales. History The park was founded in 1963 after the island of ...
, noted for rare flora and as a bird refuge *Île du Bagaud – , part of the same national park, and without permitted access *
Île du Levant Île du Levant (), sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon. It is one of the four that constitute the Îles d'Hyères. Part of the island is occupied by the naturist ...
– , mostly for military use, partly a long-established
naturist community A naturist resort or nudist resort is an establishment that provides accommodation (or at least camping space) and other amenities for guests in a context where they are invited to practice naturism – that is, a lifestyle of non-sexual socia ...
centered on the privately owned village of Héliopolis File:Cote sud de Porquerolles.JPG, Porquerolles File:2011-07-09. Port Cros. (7).jpg, Port-Cros File:Ile de Bagaud - panoramio (1).jpg, Île du Bagaud File:BeachIleDuLevant.jpg, Île du Levant


References

French Riviera Mediterranean islands Landforms of Var (department) Hyeres Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Var-geo-stub