Baie De Bourgneuf

	Baie De Bourgneuf The Bay of Bourgneuf (french: Baie de Bourgneuf, ) is a bay situated on the French Atlantic coast, at the border of the Loire-Atlantique and Vendée departments. In the Middle Ages the bay was known as the ''baie de Bretagne'' or ''baye de Bretagne'' (Bay of Brittany or Brittany Bay). The bay of Bourgneuf is a vast maritime arc on the French Atlantic coast running from the Pointe Saint-Gildas (south of the Loire estuary) to Beauvoir-sur-Mer and is enclosed by the island of Noirmoutier up to the île du Pilier. It thus includes the south coast of the Pays de Retz, the shore of the Marais breton ('Breton Marshes') and the east coast of Noirmoutier, the latter being connected to the mainland by the notable Passage du Gois and, to the south, the bay connects to the north of the Bay of Biscay by the Strait of Fromentine, crossed by the Noirmoutier Bridge since 1971. Until the Middle Ages the bay extended over a far greater area. Its shores reached the ports of Machecoul and Chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Beauvoir-sur-Mer Beauvoir-sur-Mer (, literally ''Beauvoir on Sea'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the administrative region of the Pays de la Loire, France. See also Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vendée Populated coastal places in France {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bouin, Vendée Bouin () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Isle of Bouin References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ancien Régime ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for "ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" Virelai ancien Ancien Régime Ancien Régime in France {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1799 Vendée Earthquake The 1799 Vendée earthquake (french: Séisme de 1799 dans le Marais breton-vendéen) or Bouin earthquake was a Seismic magnitude scales, magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the Vendée area of western France on 25 January 1799 (6 Pluviôse of year VII in the French Republican calendar) with aftershocks on the following days. Its epicenter was located at a depth of 24 km in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the level of the island of Bouin, Vendée, Bouin. Shocks of intensity VII–VIII were felt throughout the west of France. Location The passage du Gois, in the Bay of Bourgneuf, links Beauvoir-sur-Mer on the mainland to Barbâtre on the île de Noirmoutier. Another reference in terms of regional seismicity is the 1972 Oléron earthquake, 1972 earthquake on the island of Oléron in and in . The earthquake of 25 January 1799 was located in the Marais Breton marshland, a wetland located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean which marks the limit between the two former Provinces of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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