Pointe de Menson
Pointe de Menson is a point in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pointe de Menson is situated nearby to the village Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, as well as near the neighborhood Pointe de l’Ascension.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Trojan de Saint-Trojan-les-Bains and Fort Louvois.
Église Saint-Trojan de Saint-Trojan-les-Bains
Church
Église Saint-Trojan de Saint-Trojan-les-Bains is a church.
Fort Louvois
Fort
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Fort Louvois is situated 3½ km northeast of Pointe de Menson.
Dolmen d’Ors
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon de l’Ouest, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km north of Pointe de Menson.
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 northeast of Pointe de Menson.
Ronce-les-Bains
Village
Ronce-les-Bains is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Pointe de Menson.
La Tremblade
La Tremblade is a port town and seaside resort on the Arvert peninsula in Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. This small town with about 4,500 inhabitants, and famous for its flat oysters just like the surrounding Marennes-Oléron region.
Pointe de Menson
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.82873° or 45° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.19546° or 1° 11′ 44″ westOpen location code
8CQWRRH3+FRGeoNames ID
2994507
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