Le Château-d'Oléron (; oc, Lo Chasteu d'Olairon) is a
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Charente-Maritime
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The town is surrounded by fortifications in the form of a Bastion fort (similar to a "star fort".)
Population
Image:Chateau Oleron plan-relief.jpg, Le Château-d'Oléron, 1703 military mock-up
Image:CHTO5.jpg, The main gate of the citadel
Image:Chateau Oleron cabanes renovees.JPG, Old oyster farmers' huts renewed and converted into arts and crafts shops
Oléron
The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island (french: île d'Oléron, ; Saintongese: ''ilâte d'Olerun''; oc, illa d'Olairon or ; la, Uliarus insula, ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France (due west of Rochefort), on the southern side of the ...