La Brée-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [la bʁe le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is situated on the island Oléron.
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Saint-Denis-d'Oléron is a commune on Oléron Island, located in the French department of Charente-Maritime, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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Saint-Georges-d'Oléron is a commune on Oléron Island in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. It is located on the island of Oléron. As the largest city on the island, it is widely considered to be the island's main city.
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The canton of Île d'Oléron is an administrative division on the Oléron Island in the department of Charente-Maritime, western France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
It consists of the following communes:
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Boyardville is a district in the town of Saint-Georges-d'Oléron on the eastern part of Oléron Island, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The community has a small beach resort, fishing port, and marina, and its shore is a popular spot for surfing.
The name of the district derives from Fort Boyard, a famous Napoleonic ocean fortress located a few kilometres offshore. Materials were stored in Boyardville for construction of the fort, and hundreds of labourers who built it resided in barracks located there.
Less known is Fort Galissonière, located in the Saumonards forest. Designed to protect the mouth of the Charente and the arsenal of Rochefort, it lost any military purpose and is now converted into a summer vacation retreat.
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