La Pointe Blanche
La Pointe Blanche is a cape in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Louvois and Dolmen d’Ors.
Fort Louvois
Fort
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Dolmen d’Ors
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon de l’Ouest, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption du Château-d’Oléron
Church
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption du Château-d’Oléron is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Hiers-Brouage.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Village
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
Photo: Xauxa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
La Pointe Blanche
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8745° or 45° 52′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.1926° or 1° 11′ 34″ westOpen location code
8CQWVRF4+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5216459010OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bassin d’Échouage and Freely accessible fortress.
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