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Châtelaillon-Plage (French pronunciation: [ʃatɛlajɔ̃ plaʒ], also [ʃɑtɛlajɔ̃]), commonly known as Châtelaillon, is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is located south of the city of La Rochelle and is also a suburb. It is twinned with Knebworth, England.
La Rochelle is the setting for the best-selling series of French language textbooks in the UK, titled Tricolore. The central character, Martine Dhome, [57] lives with her family at the fictional address of 12, rue de la République. Ambrette Town in Pokémon X and Y's Kalos region is inspired by La Rochelle. [58]
Charente-Maritime and the former provinces composing it, mostly Saintonge and Aunis Map of 'Charente-Inférieure' in the 19th century. Previously a part of the provinces of Saintonge and Aunis, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original département created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. [4]
Administratively, the island is part of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes). The island is also a part of the Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency. Located in the arrondissement of La Rochelle, Île de Ré includes two cantons: Saint-Martin-de-Ré eastwards and Ars-en-Ré westwards.
Aytré (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.. Aytré is especially known for its long beach, which is easily accessible from neighbouring La Rochelle, or Les Minimes.
Extending across three departments (Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, and Charente-Maritime), it is situated west of Niort, north of La Rochelle, and south of Fontenay-le-Comte. In 1979 the Marais Poitevin was declared a Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional), in an effort to help preserve it. The marsh lost that status in 1997, due to ...
Marais Poitevin, Poitou-Charentes. Poitou is a historic region in west central France. Poitiers, the capital of the region, is its chief city, although the port of La Rochelle, capital of the province of Aunis, rivals it in economic importance. Farming is important to the economy; wheat, corn and cattle are farmed.
The Côte Sauvage [English: Wild Coast], is in the Charente-Maritime department on the Atlantic coast of France. The Côte Sauvage starts near La Palmyre, north of Royan, and stretches north-west around the point La Tremblade. L’île d’Oléron, France's second-largest island (after Corsica), is just off the Côte Sauvage.