Île d'Yeu
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Commune of L'Île-d'Yeu |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Canton | L'Île-d'Yeu |
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| Elevation | 0 m–32 m (avg. 20 m) |
| Land area¹ | 23.32 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,788 |
| - Density | 205/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 85113/ 85350 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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The Île d'Yeu is an island just off the Vendée coast of western France. It covers an area of 23 km² and had a population in 1999 of 4,788.
The island's two harbours, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule, located in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for the fishing of tuna and crayfish.
The Île d'Yeu has attracted many artists, such as Jean Rigaud (1912-1999), official painter to the French Navy, who had a house there, and his friend Maurice Boitel (born in 1919).
The island's seaweeds have been the subject of studies by the French marine biologist Françoise Ardré.
The leader of France's wartime Vichy régime, Philippe Pétain, died in prison on the island in 1951 and is buried there.
Administratively, the commune of L'Île-d'Yeu (with that spelling) forms part of the Vendée department and the Pays de la Loire region of France.
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[edit] External links
- yeunet.com (in French)
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