Île Saint-Honorat
Île Saint-Honorat is the second-largest of the Lérins Islands, about 1.6 kilometres off shore from the French Riviera city of Cannes. The island is approximately 1.5 kilometres in length and 400 metres wide.Photo: Jeje42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Cannes, France
- Also known as: “Ile de Saint-Honorat”, “Île de Saint-Honorat”, “Ile Saint Honorat”, “Ile Saint-Honorat”, “île Saint-Honorat”, “Lerina”, and “St. Honorat”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lérins Abbey and Monastère fortifié de l’abbaye de Lérins.
Lérins Abbey
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lérins Abbey is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community.
Monastère fortifié de l’abbaye de Lérins
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastère fortifié de l'abbaye de Lérins is a building on Île Saint-Honorat in the Bay of Cannes in the Alpes-Maritimes of France. Construction began in the late 11th century on the southern coast to protect the island and Lérins Abbey.
Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Cannes
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Cannes is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cannes and Golfe-Juan.
Cannes
Photo: Afernand74, CC BY 2.5.
Once a small fishing village on the French Riviera, Cannes is now a glamorous and expensive seaside town of 73,000 people considered to be one of the social hubs of Europe.
Golfe-Juan
Village
Photo: Floflo, Public domain.
Golfe-Juan is a seaside resort on France's Côte d'Azur. The distinct local character of Golfe-Juan is indicated by the existence of a demonym, "Golfe-Juanais", which is applied to its inhabitants. Golfe-Juan is situated 7 km north of Île Saint-Honorat.
La Pointe de l’Aiguille
La Pointe de l'Aiguille is a natural park next to the city of Théoule-sur-mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.Île Saint-Honorat
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.50727° or 43° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
7.04594° or 7° 2′ 45″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8FM9G24W+W9OpenStreetMap ID
way 4548148OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2979473Wikidata ID
Q292148
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Satellite Map
Discover Île Saint-Honorat from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Île Saint-Honorat” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illa de Sant Honorat”
- Catalan: “Illa de Sant Onorat”
- Catalan: “Lerina”
- Catalan: “Leron”
- Cebuano: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- Chinese: “聖歐諾哈島”
- Dutch: “Ile Saint-Honorat”
- Dutch: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- Dutch: “Lerina”
- Dutch: “Lerins”
- Dutch: “Lérins”
- Dutch: “Saint-Honorat”
- Finnish: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- French: “Ile Saint-Honorat”
- French: “île Saint-Honorat”
- French: “Île saint-honorat”
- French: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- French: “Saint-Honorat”
- German: “Ile Saint-Honorat”
- German: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- Indonesian: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Saint-Honorat”
- Italian: “Isola di Sant’Onorato (Lerino)”
- Italian: “Isola di Sant’Onorato”
- Italian: “Lerina”
- Russian: “Остров Сент-Оноре”
- Russian: “Сент-Онора (остров)”
- Russian: “Сент-Онора”
- Spanish: “Isla Saint-Honorat”
- Swedish: “Île Saint-Honorat”
- Ukrainian: “Сент-Онора”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Maure and Mauvarre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Michel and Chapelle Saint-Cyprien-et-Sainte-Justine.
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