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.

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, 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.

Town hall of Le Château-d’Oléron

Town hall

Photo: Arnaud Touzé, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Ronce-les-Bains.

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Village

Photo: Cobber17, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Ronce-les-Bains

Village

Photo: Cobber17, CC BY 3.0.

Ronce-les-Bains is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Pointe d’Ors.

Hiers-Brouage

Village

Photo: Xauxa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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′ north

Longitude

-1.2° or 1° 12′ west

Elevation

3 metres (10 feet)

Open location code

8CQWVR82+M2

GeoNames ID

2989209

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