Isle o Oléron
island in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine, Fraunce
The Isle o Oléron or Oléron Island (French: île d'Oléron, [il dɔleʁɔ̃]; Saintongese: ilâte d'Olerun; Laitin: Uliarus insula) is an island off the Atlantic coast o Fraunce (due wast o Rochefort), on the soothren side o the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. The lairgest toun is Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
Aerial photograph o Oléron | |
Geografie | |
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Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 45°54′N 1°18′W / 45.9°N 1.3°WCoordinates: 45°54′N 1°18′W / 45.9°N 1.3°W |
Aurie | 174 km2 (67 sq mi) |
Lenth | 30 km (19 mi) |
Weenth | 8 km (5 mi) |
Heichest elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
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Fraunce | |
Demografics | |
Demonym | Oléronais, Oléronaise (French) |
Population | 21,871 |
Pop. density | 126 /km2 (326 /sq mi) |
It is the seicont lairgest island o Metropolitan Fraunce, after Corsicae, wit a length o 30 km an a width o 8 km. It has an area o 174 km2 an mair than 21,000 permanent inhabitants.