Place d’Armes

Place d’Armes is in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Place d’Armes is situated nearby to Fort Louvois, as well as near the marina Port du Chapus.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Louvois and Dolmen d’Ors.

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.

Dolmen d’Ors

Archaeological site

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Dolmen d’Ors is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km northwest of Place d’Armes.

Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus

Town hall

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Town hall of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is situated 2½ km southeast of Place d’Armes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and Ronce-les-Bains.

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.

Ronce-les-Bains

Village

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Ronce-les-Bains is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Place d’Armes.

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 8 km east of Place d’Armes.

Place d’Armes

Type: Pedestrian zone
Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.85701° or 45° 51′ 25″ north

Longitude

-1.1741° or 1° 10′ 27″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 1087218033

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

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