Country France Department Charente-Maritime Intercommunality Île de Ré Area 6.8 km² Local time Tuesday 6:24 PM | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Ars-en-Ré Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 728 (1999) Arrondissement La Rochelle | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is situated on the Île de Ré.
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Map of 17590 Saint-Cl%C3%A9ment-des-Baleines, France
Geography
This commune has no harbor. Five villages are aggregated in: Le Gillieux, Le Chabot, La Tricherie, Le Griveau, Le Godinand. It was named according to mass whale strandings happened on the sandbank at the northwestern side of the island during their migrations. The Phare des Baleines is located on the western cap of Île de ré.
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Saint-Clément-des-Baleines Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA