Buoy
A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored or allowed to drift with ocean currents.
- Type: Village with 1,100 residents
- Description: floating device
- Also known as: “Bóia”, “bójka”, “Bouee”, “buoy”, “Marca”, “Siatiaken”, “Σημαδούρα”, “Τσαμαδούρα”, “бова”, “томбуй”, “بویههای شناور”, “شناوه”, “တေႃၽူး”, and “ရေကြောင်းမှတ်”
- Postal code: 44260
Places of Interest
Highlights: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l’Immaculée-Conception de Bouée and Moulin de Rochoux.
Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l’Immaculée-Conception de Bouée
Church
Moulin de la Pâquelais
Windmill
Photo: Fhiv, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordemais and Savenay.
Cordemais
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Savenay
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Prinquiau
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Buoy
- Categories: float, beacon, and locality
- Location: Bouée, Arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.32024° or 47° 19′ 13″ north
Longitude
-1.91019° or 1° 54′ 37″ west
Population
1,100
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FR BUE
Open location code
8CVW83CQ+3W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Buoy” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bova”
- Arabic: “طافية”
- Arabic: “عوامة بحرية”
- Armenian: “Բույ”
- Azerbaijani: “Buy”
- Basque: “Buia”
- Belarusian: “буй”
- Belarusian: “Буй”
- Breton: “Balizenn”
- Breton: “Bozeg”
- Bulgarian: “Шамандура”
- Burmese: “ဗော်ယာ”
- Catalan: “boia”
- Catalan: “Boia”
- Chinese: “浮标”
- Croatian: “Plutača”
- Czech: “bóje”
- Czech: “Bóje”
- Danish: “Bøje”
- Dutch: “boei”
- Dutch: “Boei”
- Esperanto: “buo”
- Esperanto: “Buo”
- Estonian: “Poi”
- Finnish: “poiju”
- Finnish: “Poiju”
- French: “bouée”
- French: “Bouée”
- German: “Boje”
- Greek: “Σημαντήρας”
- Hebrew: “מצוף”
- Hindi: “उत्प्लव”
- Hungarian: “bója”
- Icelandic: “Bauja”
- Ido: “Boyo”
- Indonesian: “Boya”
- Irish: “baoi”
- Irish: “Baoi”
- Italian: “boa”
- Italian: “Boa”
- Japanese: “浮標”
- Kirghiz: “Буй”
- Korean: “부표”
- Latin: “Bouée”
- Latvian: “Boja”
- Lithuanian: “plūduras”
- Lithuanian: “Plūduras”
- Macedonian: “пловка”
- Macedonian: “Пловка”
- Malay: “Boya”
- Northern Frisian: “Tanen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “bøye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “bøye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bøye”
- Norwegian: “Bøye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gavitèl”
- Persian: “بویه”
- Polish: “boja”
- Polish: “Boja”
- Portuguese: “boia”
- Portuguese: “Boia”
- Romanian: “geamandură”
- Romanian: “Geamandură”
- Russian: “буй”
- Russian: “Буй”
- Serbian: “Бова”
- Shan: “တေႃၼႄတၢင်း”
- Slovak: “bója”
- Slovak: “Bója”
- Slovenian: “boja”
- Slovenian: “Boja”
- Spanish: “boya”
- Spanish: “Boya”
- Swahili: “Boya”
- Swedish: “boj”
- Swedish: “Boj”
- Tajik: “Бей”
- Tamil: “மிதவை”
- Thai: “ทุ่น”
- Turkish: “Şamandıra (denizcilik)”
- Turkish: “Şamandıra”
- Udmurt: “буй”
- Ukrainian: “буй”
- Ukrainian: “Буй”
- Urdu: “پیراک خول”
- Uzbek: “Buy”
- Welsh: “Bwi”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: La Basse Noë and L’Orme Baudin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mairie de Bouée and Bibiothèque de Bouée.
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