Pointe des Chardons

Pointe des Chardons is a hamlet in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pointe des Chardons is situated nearby to the hamlet Pointe des Gors, as well as near the locality La Falaise.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Louvois and Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.

Fort Louvois

Fort

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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.

Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Church

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Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a church.

Dolmen d’Ors

Archaeological site

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Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km west of Pointe des Chardons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Hiers-Brouage.

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Village

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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.

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 6 km east of Pointe des Chardons.