Arcachon (Fr. Arcachon) is a town in the southwest of France and a sub-prefecture of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It was created in 1857 by a detachment of part of the municipality of La Teste-de-Buch. It’s a popular stop on the…

Cognac (Fr. Cognac) is a commune in southwestern France, a sub-prefecture of the Charente department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region). Its inhabitants are the Cognacais and the Cognacaises. Cognac was a small village until the mid-tenth century. The oldest known…

Pornichet (Fr. Pornichet) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Pornichet became a municipality in 1900 made from the territories of Saint-Nazaire…

Saintes (Fr. Saintes) is a commune and historic town in western France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the Charente river. Because of its noteworthy Gallo-Roman, medieval and classical heritage…

Soulac-sur-Mer (Fr. Soulac-sur-Mer) is a town in the southwest of France, in the department of Gironde, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. An integral part of the former province of Guyenne (north of Gascony)…

Jard-sur-Mer is a commune in the Vendée department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Unlike noisy and crowded neighboring Les Sables d’Olonne calm Jard-sur-Mer with its wild beaches and a 350…

Bordeaux (Fr. Bordeaux) is a port city on the Garonne river in the Gironde department in Southwestern France. It’s the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. An integral part of cultural Gascony, Bordeaux…

Noirmoutier-en-l’Île (Fr. Noirmoutier-en-l’Île), commonly referred to as Noirmoutier, is a commune located in the northern part of the island of Noirmoutier, just off the coast of the Vendée department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular…

Les Sables-d’Olonne is a seaside town, subprefecture of the department of Vendée, in France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It has the administrative level of commune. On 1 January 2019, the municipalities of Olonne-sur-Mer, Château-d’Olonne and Les Sables…

Pornic (Fr. Pornic) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Pornic is located on the Côte de Jade, on the edge of Bourgneuf Bay, 45 km south-west of…

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is a commune in the Vendée department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification…

Brétignolles-sur-Mer (Fr. Brétignolles-sur-Mer) is a town located on the Côte de Lumière, in the Vendée department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Bretignolles-sur-Mer is a seaside resort…

Saint-Jean-de-Monts (Fr. Saint-Jean-de-Monts) is a commune in the Vendée department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Bordered by a long beach of eight kilometers, it is a seaside resort on…

Pons (Fr. Pons) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. An active industrial center and a town with a strong commercial tradition, Pons is one of the main towns in the southern part of Charente-Maritime.…

Périgueux (Fr. Périgueux) is a commune in France, the most populous of Périgord, located in the center-east of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the Isle river. Capital of the Dordogne department since 1791. The urban unit of Périgueux is the ninety-sixth…

Le Croisic (Fr. Le Croisic) is a commune located in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Located on a granite island that remained separate from Batz-sur-Mer and…

Fouras, also known as Fouras-les-Bains, (Fr. Fouras-les-Bains) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle and 20 km west of Rochefort on the Charente river estuary.…

Angoulême is a town in southwestern France, prefecture of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of the Charente River, the city is nicknamed “Balcony of the Southwest”. Former capital of Angoumois…

Le Château-d’Oléron is a commune located on the island of Oleron in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine). It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. The town is surrounded by fortifications in the form of…

Le Pouliguen (Fr. Le Pouliguen) is a commune in the west of France, located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region. It is part of the country of Guérande, one of the traditional countries of Brittany. Le Pouliguen is a seaside…