Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
The town hall in Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
The town hall in Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Location of Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines is located in France
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Coordinates: 46°13′44″N 1°32′18″W / 46.2289°N 1.5383°W / 46.2289; -1.5383
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementLa Rochelle
CantonÎle de Ré
IntercommunalityÎle de Ré
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Lina Besnier[1]
Area
1
6.80 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
698
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17318 /17590
Elevation0–18 m (0–59 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Clément-des-Baleines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ klemɑ̃ de balɛn]) is a commune on Île de Ré, a coastal island in the French department of Charente-Maritime, located in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (formerly Poitou-Charentes).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962439    
1968490+11.6%
1975480−2.0%
1982516+7.5%
1990607+17.6%
1999728+19.9%
2008723−0.7%

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.[3] The Phare des Baleines is located on the western tip of Île de Ré.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. "Saint Clément des Baleines | Ile de Ré Tourisme". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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