Oléron

The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island is an island off the Atlantic coast of France, on the southern side of the strait. It is the second largest island of metropolitan France, after , with a length of 30 km and a width of 8 km.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine, France
  • Also known as: Ilâte d’Olerun”, “Ile d’Oléron”, “Île d’Oléron”, “Île-d’Oléron”, “Île-de-la-Liberté”, “Island of Oleron”, “Island of Oléron”, “Isle of Oléron”, “Oleron”, “Oleron Island”, “Oléron Island”, and “Olerun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron and Temple de Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Boyard.

Locality
is a fort built on Boyard bank, an ocean bank located between the and the Île d'Oléron in the straits on the west coast of . is situated 10 km northeast of Oléron.

Oléron

Latitude
45.93333° or 45° 56′ north
Longitude
-1.3° or 1° 18′ west
Population
21,800
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8CQWWMMX+8X
Geo­Names ID
2989626
Wiki­data ID
Q292568
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Oléron” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوليرون
  • Arabic: جزيرة أوليرون
  • Asturian: Islla d’Oleron
  • Azerbaijani: Oleron
  • Basque: Oléron
  • Breton: Enez Oléron
  • Breton: Oléron
  • Catalan: Oléron
  • Cebuano: Île d’Oléron
  • Chinese: 奥莱龙岛
  • Chinese: 奧萊龍島
  • Czech: Oléron
  • Danish: Oléron
  • Dutch: Ile d’Oleron
  • Dutch: Île d’Oléron
  • Dutch: Île dOléron
  • Esperanto: Ile d’Oléron
  • Esperanto: Oleron
  • Esperanto: Oléron
  • Estonian: Oléron
  • Finnish: Île d’Oléron
  • Finnish: Oléron
  • French: Ile d’Oleron
  • French: Ile d’Oléron
  • French: île d’Oléron
  • French: Île d’Oléron
  • French: Île dOléron
  • French: île lumineuse
  • French: Île-de-la-Liberté
  • French: la lumineuse
  • French: Oléron
  • Galician: Olerón
  • Galician: Oléron
  • German: Ile d’Oleron
  • German: Ile d’Oléron
  • German: île d’Oléron
  • German: Île d’Oléron
  • German: Ile de Oleron
  • German: Île lumineuse
  • German: la lumineuse
  • German: Oleron
  • German: Oléron
  • Greek: Ολερόν
  • Hungarian: Oléron
  • Indonesian: Oléron
  • Italian: Île d’Oléron
  • Italian: Oléron
  • Japanese: オレロン島
  • Latin: Uliarus insula
  • Latin: Uliarus
  • Lithuanian: Oleronas
  • Macedonian: Олерон
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Île d’Oléron
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Île d’Oléron
  • Norwegian: Île d’Oléron
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illa d’Oleron
  • Occitan (post 1500): Olairon
  • Polish: Île d’Oléron
  • Polish: Oléron
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Oléron
  • Portuguese: Oléron
  • Romanian: Oléron
  • Russian: Олерон (остров)
  • Russian: Олерон
  • Scots: île d’Oléron
  • Scots: Island o Oléron
  • Scots: Isle o Oléron
  • Scots: Oleron Island
  • Scots: Oléron Island
  • Silesian: Oléron
  • Slovenian: Ile d’Oleron
  • Slovenian: Île d’Oléron
  • Slovenian: Oleron
  • Spanish: Ile d’Oleron
  • Spanish: Ile d’Oléron
  • Spanish: Île d’Oleron
  • Spanish: Île d’Oléron
  • Spanish: Isla de oleron
  • Spanish: Isla de Oleron
  • Spanish: Isla de Oléron
  • Spanish: Oleron
  • Spanish: Olerón
  • Spanish: Oléron
  • Swedish: Ile d’Oleron
  • Swedish: Île d’Oléron
  • Swedish: Ile de Oleron
  • Swedish: Oleron
  • Swedish: Oléron
  • Turkish: Oléron
  • Ukrainian: о. Олерон
  • Ukrainian: Олерон (острів)
  • Ukrainian: Олерон
  • Ukrainian: острів Олерон
  • Welsh: Ynys Oléron

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron Airport and Golf d’Oléron.

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