Carqueiranne
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It is known now as a tourist seaside resort with good windsurfing nearby, at Almanarre Beach.
Demographics
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Saint-Exupéry
Template:Citations needed section The town has a literary claim to fame as well. In early August 1944, an unidentifiable body wearing French military colours was found near here, which was long believedTemplate:By whom? to be that of famous novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince.
In 1998, a bracelet known to be his, with a fragment of cloth still attached, was found in the sea east of Riou Island (south of Marseille). In 2000, a crashed P-38 Lightning was found in the seabed off the coast of Marseille, near where the bracelet was found, and it was confirmed to be the one that Saint-Exupéry was flying.
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See also
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