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La Rochelle seen from Spot Satellite The limestone cliffs around La Rochelle reveal the Jurassic geology of the area. The bedrock of La Rochelle and surrounding areas is composed of layers of limestone dating back to the Sequanian stage (upper Oxfordian stage) of the Jurassic period (circa 160 million years ago), when a large part of France was ...
It is connected to La Rochelle by the Canal de Marans à La Rochelle. The inhabitants of Marans are known as marandais . Marans is the most northern town in Charente-Maritime, and is sometimes considered to be the "gateway to Aunis", the former province in which it has always belonged since its creation.
Beyond the La Rochelle-Rochefort twin city area, the population density is lower, and is indeed lower than the departmental average, which was 87/km 2 (230/sq mi) in 2006. The cantons of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis , Surgères and Marans had respectively 70/km 2 (180/sq mi), 62/km 2 (160/sq mi) and 62/km 2 (160/sq mi).
What a charming hiking, tasting long solitary walks than winning Ronce-les-Bains by La Coubre forest, Louis Desgraves, Saintonge. La Tremblade consists of 78% forest and semi-natural areas (forest of La Coubre essentially), with the rest of the territory being divided between wetlands (9%), agricultural land (6%) and artificialized (6%).
Arch of Germanicus and the Charente. Saintes is on the banks of the river Charente, in the center-eastern part of the department.The city is based 60 km southeast of La Rochelle, [8] 33 kilometers northeast of Royan, [8] and about 100 km north of Bordeaux [8] (to which it is linked by the A10 autoroute).
Popular destinations include La Rochelle, Royan, Saintes, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Rochefort, the Île d'Aix, Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron. The department is served by the TGV at Surgères and La Rochelle. It can also be reached by motorway by the A10 (E5, Paris-Bordeaux) and A837 (E602, Saintes-Rochefort).
The area is also an important oyster production center, with oysters " de Claires" from Marennes-Oléron (in the estuary of the Seudre) and those of Arcachon and Cap Ferret and a stronghold of the mussel with mussels from Aiguillon Bay (near La Rochelle) and mussel Boyardville and Port-des-Barques.
Valheim is an upcoming survival and sandbox video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio and published by Coffee Stain Studios. [1] It was released in early access on 2 February 2021 for Linux and Windows via Steam , and for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 14 March 2023.