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It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu, if the French part of Lake Geneva, which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded. [citation needed] It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports. [citation needed]
The former is Europe's largest lake reserved for motorboating, and the latter is Europe's largest non-nautical lake. [3] While their normal capacity is 170 hm3, with a total surface area of 23.2 km2 they could, if combined as a single lake, be the third largest man-made lake in France, matching the size of Lac d'Orient . [ 4 ]
Lac d'Allos in the Mercantour National Park. This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes.
This is a list of islands of France, ... Location Population 1: ... Bassas da India; Glorioso Islands. Île Glorieuse ...
Largest lake in Central Europe: 24 Geneva: Lac Léman, Lago Lemano, Genfersee, Lai da Genevra France/ Switzerland: 581 224: Largest lake in Switzerland and France, largest lake in the Alps Kamianske: Кам'янське водосховище Ukraine: 567 219: Haukivesi Finland: 562 217: Part of Saimaa 25 Constance: Bodensee Germany ...
Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, / r eɪ / RAY) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its highest point has an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet).
Haut Lac (' Upper Lake '), the eastern part from the Rhône estuary to the line of Meillerie–Rivaz; Grand Lac (' Large Lake '), the largest and deepest basin with the lake's largest width; Petit Lac (' Small Lake '), the most south-west, narrower, and less-deep part from Yvoire–Promenthoux next Prangins to the exit in Geneva
Oléron island aerial view. The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island (French: île d'Oléron, [il dɔleʁɔ̃]; Saintongese: ilâte d'Olerun; Latin: Uliaros insula, [uliˈaːros ˈinsula]) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France (due west of Rochefort), on the southern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. 1686 map of Oléron