Ars-en-Ré

Ars-en-Ré
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Île de Ré
Community association	Île de Ré
Coordinates	46 ° 12 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 12 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W
height	0-15 m
surface	10.95 km 2
Residents	1,307 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	119 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17590
INSEE code	17019
Website	www.iledere.com
	; The port of Ars-en-Ré

Ars-en-Ré is a municipality with 1307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the west of the Île de Ré on the French Atlantic coast in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in the Charente-Maritime department .

Ars-en-Ré has been named one of the most beautiful villages in France by the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France .

geography

The location of the place on the Île de Ré

The municipality lies at an altitude of zero to 15 m and has an area of 10.95 km².

The harbor is dependent on the tide and falls almost completely dry at low tide, but the water level can also be maintained by means of a gate. Today it serves as a harbor for pleasure boats. A sailing school is also located here.

Most of the alleys in the center of Ars are so narrow that only one car can pass them at a time, so many are signposted as one-way streets.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	913	915	961	1023	1165	1294	1315	1307
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

coat of arms

Description : A single-masted red sailing ship with billowing sails sown on gold with blue lilies .

history

The port of Ars used to be called by ships from the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries , which were loaded with salt here. The tar-black paint on the upper half of the slender tower of the otherwise completely white church of Saint-Étienne also dates from this time and served as a navigation mark.