thumb|Cap Taillat, at the eastern end of Baie de Briande '''Baie de Briande''' is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera {{cvt|12|km}} south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an {{lang|fr|aire maritime adjacente}} and an {{lang|fr|aire d'adhésion}} of the Port-Cros National Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Un territoire reconnu |url=http://www.portcros-parcnational.fr/fr/le-parc-national-de-port-cros/un-territoire-reconnu |website=Port-Cros National Park |access-date=31 December 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
==History== thumb|left|Dolmen de la Briande The {{ill|Dolmen de la Briande|fr}} is a prehistoric dolmen located 300{{nbsp}}m inland.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dolmen of Briande |url=https://cotedazurfrance.fr/en/offers/le-dolmen-de-la-baie-de-briande-ramatuelle-en-3001551/ |publisher=Côte d’Azur France Tourism Board |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dynamic I (AM-91) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dynamic-i.html |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher=US Navy |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''.
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