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| | Expatica's French news in English: Pleasure island |
 | | A pirate haven in the 6th century, then a penitentiary for child criminals in the 19th, the eight-by-two kilometre isle is - quirkily - owned 90-percent by the army, while boasting one of the world's oldest nudist colonies, Heliopolis, which in ancient Greek means the city of sun. |
 | | Seventy-three years later, 230 owners, half of whom live on the island all year round, share the 100-hectare domain, which is privately-owned but open to the public - that is, to lovers of nature, sun and nakedness. |
 | | As the island slowly opens up to the idea of development, it has become easier in the last three years to reach the island, but the journey by boat remains relatively expensive, at EUR 22 return from Lavandou. |
| www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=61&story_id=8980 (742 words) |
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