Fort Louvois
Fort Louvois is a work of art in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Fort Louvois is situated nearby to the community center Club du temps libre, as well as near the grassland Square Jean Monnet.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.
Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Town hall
Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is situated 620 metres northeast of Fort Louvois.
Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Church
Église Saint-Louis de Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a church, which is situated 580 metres northeast of Fort Louvois.
Fort Louvois
Fort
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. Fort Louvois is situated 2½ km northwest of Fort Louvois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Ronce-les-Bains.
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
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 Fort Louvois.
Fort Louvois
- Type: Work of art
- Category: tourism
- Location: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.84247° or 45° 50′ 33″ north
Longitude
-1.15044° or 1° 9′ 2″ west
Open location code
8CQWRRRX+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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