Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a commune in the department in the region in southwestern . The commune was created in 1908 from part of .
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  • Type: Village with 3,540 residents
  • Description: commune in Charente-Maritime, France
  • Postal codes: 17560 and 17560

Places of Interest

Highlights include Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.

Town hall
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Church
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is a church.

Fort
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, 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 , France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hiers-Brouage and Ronce-les-Bains.

Village
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is a former commune in the department, southwestern . 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. is situated 6 km east of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.

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is a port town and seaside resort on the Arvert peninsula in , southwestern France. This small town with about 4,500 inhabitants, and famous for its flat oysters just like the surrounding Marennes-Oléron region.

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Latitude
45.84699° or 45° 50′ 49″ north
Longitude
-1.14662° or 1° 8′ 48″ west
Population
3,540
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR BH4
Open location code
8CQWRVW3+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26697621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3031080
Wiki­data ID
Q1016328
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bourcefranc-le-Chapus” goes by many names.
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  • Armenian: “Բուրսֆրան լը Շապյու”
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  • Chinese: “布尔塞夫朗克莱沙皮”
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