Côte d'Azur high season: the ledger, 7 September

The migration concludes The eight-week Riviera residency is now a matter of record. The yachting circuit has dispersed, leaving the harbours of St. Tropez and Monaco to count the receipts. This was not a series of invitations but a scheduled occupation, a predictable migration from the July start date through the August close.

The weekly rate The signal for the season was set by the charter market. A 70-metre-plus vessel commanded a baseline of one million euros per week. That figure is before fuel, before the beach-club accounts, and before the incidental costs of a helicopter transfer. The weekly rate is the truest measure of the circuit's presence.

The daily geography The daily pattern remained fixed. Daylight was spent on the beaches of Pampelonne. The evening migration was to Les Caves du Roy. The harbour of record, for those requiring a port of registry or a secure berth, was Monaco. The geography is the product, repeated annually.

The arrival profile Access was restricted to two vectors: the yacht and the helicopter. The road was not the primary artery for the circuit's core. The arrival profile confirms the season's function as a closed loop, a migration that requires its own dedicated infrastructure.