Pointe du Chapus

Pointe du Chapus is a neighborhood in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pointe du Chapus is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pointe de l’Ascension, as well as near the locality La Falaise.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Louvois and Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.

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.

Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Town hall

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Dolmen d’Ors

Archaeological site

Photo: Simon de l’Ouest, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site.

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.

Ronce-les-Bains

Village

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Ronce-les-Bains is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Pointe du Chapus.

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 7 km east of Pointe du Chapus.

Pointe du Chapus

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.85494° or 45° 51′ 18″ north

Longitude

-1.16874° or 1° 10′ 7″ west

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

8CQWVR3J+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3887297128

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

3026737

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