Basque Roads
Basque Roads, sometimes referred to as Aix Roads, is a roadstead on the Biscay shore of the Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Musée napoléonien de l’île d’Aix and Église Saint-Martin (Île-d’Aix).
Musée napoléonien de l’île d’Aix
Museum
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Musée napoléonien de l’île d’Aix is a museum, which is situated 3 km southeast of Basque Roads.
Église Saint-Martin (Île-d’Aix)
Church
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Église Saint-Martin (Île-d’Aix) is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Basque Roads.
Caserne Montalembert
Building
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Caserne Montalembert is a building, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Basque Roads.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Boyard and Châtelaillon-Plage.
Fort Boyard
Locality
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Fort Boyard is a fort built on Boyard bank, an ocean bank located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits on the west coast of France. Fort Boyard is situated 4½ km south of Basque Roads.
Châtelaillon-Plage
Village
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Châtelaillon-Plage, commonly known as Châtelaillon, is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Châtelaillon-Plage is situated 9 km northeast of Basque Roads.
Fouras
Village
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Fouras, also known as Fouras-les-Bains, is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle. Fouras is situated 10 km southeast of Basque Roads.
Basque Roads
- Type: Roadstead
- Description: Sheltered bay off the coast of France
- Categories: roadstead and body of water
- Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Basque Roads” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Euskaldunen arrada”
- Basque: “Euskaldunen badia”
- Chinese: “巴斯克錨地”
- Finnish: “Basque Roads”
- Finnish: “Rade des Basques”
- French: “Rade des Basques”
- French: “Rade des Français”
- French: “Rades des Basques”
- Japanese: “バスク・ローズ”
- Japanese: “バスク・ロード”
- Russian: “Баскский рейд”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bois Joly and Île-d’Aix.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe du Parc and Pointe Sainte-Eulard.
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