Le Château-d'Oléron

Le Château-d'Oléron is a commune located on the island of Oleron in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Le Château-d'Oléron
Commune
Art and craft shops in Le Château-d'Oléron
Coat of arms
Location of Le Château-d'Oléron
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Coordinates: 45°53′09″N 1°11′41″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Île d'Oléron
Intercommunality	Île-d'Oléron
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Parent
Area ^1	15.67 km^2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,184
• Density	270/km^2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17093 /17480
Elevation	0–10 m (0–33 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town is surrounded by fortifications in the form of a Bastion fort (similar to a "star fort".)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,251 —     1800 2,558 +13.6% 1806 2,735 +6.9% 1821 2,632 −3.8% 1831 2,527 −4.0% 1836 2,644 +4.6% 1841 2,485 −6.0% 1846 2,542 +2.3% 1851 2,632 +3.5% 1856 3,003 +14.1% 1861 2,920 −2.8% 1866 3,211 +10.0% 1872 3,328 +3.6% 1876 2,850 −14.4% 1881 3,132 +9.9% 1886 3,007 −4.0% 1891 3,458 +15.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 3,573 +3.3% 1901 3,803 +6.4% 1906 3,334 −12.3% 1911 3,734 +12.0% 1921 3,142 −15.9% 1926 3,018 −3.9% 1931 3,061 +1.4% 1936 3,281 +7.2% 1946 2,864 −12.7% 1954 2,870 +0.2% 1962 3,171 +10.5% 1968 3,254 +2.6% 1975 3,324 +2.2% 1982 3,411 +2.6% 1990 3,544 +3.9% 1999 3,552 +0.2% 2008 3,941 +11.0%

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  Le Château-d'Oléron, 1703 military mock-up
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  The main gate of the citadel
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  Old oyster farmers' huts renewed and converted into arts and crafts shops

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.