Pointe d’Ors
Pointe d’Ors is a point in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pointe d’Ors is situated nearby to the village Le Château-d’Oléron, as well as near the neighborhood Pointe du Chapus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dolmen d’Ors and Fort Louvois.
Dolmen d’Ors
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon de l’Ouest, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site.
Fort Louvois
Fort
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Fort Louvois, which is known locally as Fort Chapus or Fort du Chapus, is a fortification built between 1691 and 1694, during the reign of Louis XIV, on the Chapus islet, and is about 400 metres offshore in the town of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in the department of Charente-Maritime, France.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption du Château-d’Oléron
Church
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Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption du Château-d’Oléron is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Ronce-les-Bains.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Village
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1908 from part of Marennes. Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is situated 4½ km southeast of Pointe d’Ors.
Hiers-Brouage
Village
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Hiers-Brouage is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France Association. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Marennes-Hiers-Brouage. Hiers-Brouage is situated 10 km east of Pointe d’Ors.
Pointe d’Ors
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.86667° or 45° 52′ northLongitude
-1.2° or 1° 12′ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8CQWVR82+M2GeoNames ID
2989209
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