Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse
The Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse is a French lighthouse, located on the eponymous point in the southern part of the Vendée department; it guards the entrance to the Pertuis Breton on the Île de Ré, on the west side of La Tranche-sur-Mer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Vendée, France
- Also known as: “La Tranche-sur-Mer Lighthouse” and “Pointe du Grouin du Cou lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Les Génerelles Beach and Église Saint-Nicolas de la Tranche.
Les Génerelles Beach
Beach
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Les Génerelles Beach is situated 1½ km east of Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse.
Église Saint-Nicolas de la Tranche
Church
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Église Saint-Nicolas de la Tranche is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Angles and Longeville-sur-Mer.
Angles
Village
Photo: Yoca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angles is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Angles is situated 8 km northeast of Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse.
Longeville-sur-Mer
Village
Photo: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longeville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Longeville-sur-Mer is situated 9 km north of Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse.
Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: La Tranche-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Les Sables-d’Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.34454° or 46° 20′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.46363° or 1° 27′ 49″ westElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8CRW8GVP+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 109640054OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
13494772Wikidata ID
Q3378524
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Pointe du Grouin du Cou燈塔”
- French: “phare de la tranche-sur-mer”
- French: “phare de La Tranche-sur-Mer”
- French: “phare du Grouin du Cou”
- French: “Phare du Grouin du Cou”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse”. Photo: Minou85, CC BY-SA 3.0.