La Rochelle

Add-on       : France I
Localisation : France, Westcoast, Atlantic Ocean
Area         : 65 x 65 km
Maximum depth: 120 m

Chart        : Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Charts
               And Publications, 2633.

This area covers the entire department of Charente-Maritime.
The most important city in this area is La Rochelle, famous
because of its beautiful centre, its museums, and its
fishing-port. This port played an important role during the
hundred-year war, the discovery of America and during the
Reformation in the seventeenth century.

Because of the countless number of isles that are situated 
along the coast, the area is very attractive.

Among the isles are:
* Yeu
* Aix
* Olron
* R

The area has 5 ports:
* La Rochelle
* Les Sables d'Olonne
* Port Joinville (on the isle of Yeu)
* Saint Gilles 
* Saint Martin (on the isle of R)
