LE HOPE - VIEUX GREEMENT
It was built, all in wood, in Croix de Vie at the Didier Thomazeau shipyard, for the fisherman Israël Chevrier.
It was built, all in wood, in Croix de Vie at the Didier Thomazeau shipyard, for the fisherman Israël Chevrier.
Construction of the Josephine Tower, named after the empress, began in July 1851, and its light was commissioned in 1852.
Here you can go sailing, canoeing or windsurfing.
The first section of the pier, measuring 160 metres, was built in 1839.
The tributary of La Vie, the Jaunay, flows into the Vie at the harbour on the Saint-Gilles side.
This fixed red directional light, brought into service on 1 October 1880, features a square tower of smooth stonework with exposed
Rimajures: the term rimajure is a Poitevin-Saintongeais word (rimajhure in standardised spelling), used in particular in the Breto
This charming 1920s fisherman's cottage consists of two rooms and a courtyard.
It represents a fleet of 53 vessels with some 140 fishermen.
The port, which is accessible at all times of the tide, has 1,000 moorings on pontoons and 160 berths.