Les Portes-en-Ré

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Les Portes-en-Ré
Les Portes-en-Ré (France)
Les Portes-en-Ré
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton Île de Ré
Community association Île de Ré
Coordinates 46 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  W
height 0-15 m
surface 8.51 km 2
Residents 606 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17880
INSEE code
Website www.iledere.com

Les Portes-en-Ré is a municipality with 606 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the Île de Ré on the French Atlantic coast . It is a village with a small port on the north coast of the Île de Ré, opposite the coast of the Vendée department .

The municipality of Les Portes has some of the most beautiful beaches on the island. The shoreline on the north coast of the island, between Saint-Clément-des-Baleines and Les Portes, consists of a beach about six kilometers long and several hundred meters wide, half of which belongs to Les Portes. On the east coast, across from the Vendée, lies the approximately six kilometers long beach of Trousse Chemise . A little further south there is the beach of La Patache . This also serves the oyster farmers as the basis for their special ships. These are very stable, flat metal boats with an extremely shallow draft and a pull-up drive unit, consisting of a motor and propeller . Often the boats also have a wheel on each side and a towing device at the front so that they can be pulled by tractors directly to the home farm without having to reload the harvested oysters on the beach.

With the construction of the bridge between La Rochelle and Rivedoux-Plage in 1988, tourism increased significantly, but the residents of Les Portes have managed to largely preserve the character of their community. Despite the large number of holidaymakers, the designated nature reserves remain undisturbed.

history

A legend tells how the name of the wood, La Trousse Chemise , is said to have originated: In 1627, the French, led by Toiras, drove the English off the island under Duke Buckingham . As these with their ships to Fier you Ars left, the French raised on the beach their shirts high (troussèrent leurs chemises) and showed their retreating opponents their buttocks .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 412 424 478 513 660 661 645 612
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

tourism

  • There are several well-equipped campsites in the immediate vicinity of the beach, which also have mobile homes for rent .

Sports

  • surfing
  • golf

Attractions

Old station with the double locomotive shed, today a fire station
  • La Place de la Liberté, a meeting place with the Bazenne , a restaurant- café to welcome families, groups and youth organizations.
  • Saint Eutrope Church
  • L'ancienne Gare (former station) of the Ile de Ré railway, built in 1898.
  • The chapel of La Chapelle de la Redoute .
  • The old port
  • The bird sanctuary l'Îleau des Niges et ses oiseaux with the base of the LPO (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux) , the French league for bird protection
  • The beaches Gros Jonc , Petit Bec , Lizay , La Loge and Plage de la Chiouse
  • Le Banc du Bûcheron , the woodcutter's bench. From here you can see the bay of the Fier d'Ars very nicely at low tide .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 102-103.

Web links

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