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    Oléron (redirect from Île d'Oléron)
    The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island (French: île d'Oléron, [il dɔleʁɔ̃]; Saintongese: ilâte d'Olerun; Latin: Uliaros insula, [uliˈaːros ˈinsula]) is an...
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  • The Canton of Île d'Oléron (French: canton de l'Île d'Oléron) is an administrative division on the Oléron Island in the department of Charente-Maritime...
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    Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, /reɪ/ RAY) is an island off the...
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    capitulation of the German forces at Pointe de Grave. After Royan was taken, Ile d'Oléron was also captured on 30 April in Opération Jupiter, and de Larminat was...
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    was founded in 1898 in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus near La Rochelle and the Île d'Oléron in western France. Gillardeau now produces roughly half its oysters in...
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    pronunciation: [fɔʁ bwajaʁ] ) is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France...
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    de terre Île d'Or Île des Vieilles Rocher du torpilleur Île Bruzzi Île de Cavallo Îles Cerbicale Île de Gargalo Corsica Île de Pinarellu Îles Lavezzi Îlots...
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    Saint-Denis d'Oléron is located at the northern end of the Île d'Oléron, in the northwest of the Charente-Maritime department. St. Denis-d'Oléron is the northernmost...
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    the Gironde. The département includes the islands of Île de Ré, Île d'Aix, Ile d'Oléron and Île Madame. The département forms the northern part of the...
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    The Île de Ré bridge is located in French departement of Charente-Maritime, on the western coast of France and connects the mainland (La Rochelle) to...
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    [bwajaʁˈvil]) is a district in the town of Saint-Georges-d'Oléron on the eastern part of Oléron Island (Île d'Oléron), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France...
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  • is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France between two islands; Île de Ré to the north, and Oléron to the south. To the east lies the continental...
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    Isle of Aix (French: île d'Aix), in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months. Île-d'Aix is located at the...
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    Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dɔleʁɔ̃], lit. 'St. Peter of Oléron', before 1962: Saint-Pierre) is a commune in the French department...
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    more sandy soils are present in the coastal areas and on the île de Ré and île d'Oléron. The IGP Charentais has a moderate maritime climate. The average...
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    siege. Soubise then returned to Ré with 15 ships and soon occupied the Ile d'Oléron as well, thus giving him command of the Atlantic coast from Nantes to...
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    few remaining ships. Montmorency thus managed to recover both Île de Ré and Ile d'Oléron. After long negotiations, a peace agreement, the Treaty of Paris...
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    and Matra. The first tests were made on the Île du Levant, the focus moving in 1960 to the Ile d'Oléron in a building especially built for experimentation...
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  • Bellum's tasks, V.I.L.E. arranges for Carmen to board a ferry to the Île d'Oléron, where Zack and Ivy have been relocated in exchange for the items she...
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    of the Lycée Français de New York. Born in 1877 at Le Château-d'Oléron on the Île d'Oléron, he attended the School of Political Science at Avignon Université...
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    of the lieutenant-general Burie. On the Île d'Oléron the citadel of Saint-Pierre was attacked. On the nearby Île de Ré, the Protestants adopted an attitude...
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  • killed. After Royan was taken, Pointe de Grave was taken on 20 April and Ile d'Oléron on 30 April. The planned attack on La Rochelle was stopped by the German...
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    46.000; -59.850 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 46°0′N 1°23′W / 46.000°N 1.383°W / 46.000; -1.383 (France)  France Île d'Oléron and the mainland...
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  • estuary (Operation Independence, revived) Jupiter (1945) — assault on Île d'Oléron Veritable (1945) — Canadian First Army's advance through the Klever Reichswald...
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    Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north. The port of La Rochelle stands at the...
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    April 1945 the Fusiliers marins played a role in the liberation of the Île d'Oléron. Disembarked at 0620 at Gatseau, an FM detachment advanced slowly through...
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  • Op. 31 and 32. Louis XVIII appointed him "Major de la place" on the Île d’Oléron in 1816. Between 1820 and 1825, he established his home in nearby Niort...
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  • Second British Army in 1945, Operation Jupiter was the liberation of the Île d'Oléron by Free French Forces Operation Jupiter was the French title of the 1988...
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    commemorated as unknown) in fishing ports on the French islands of Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron (cemeteries at Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains,...
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  • came into effect in March 2015: Aytré Chaniers Châtelaillon-Plage Île d'Oléron Île de Ré La Jarrie Jonzac Lagord Marans Marennes Matha Pons Rochefort...
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