Ars-en-Ré
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
Canton | Ars-en-Ré |
Intercommunality | Île-de-Ré |
Mayor | Jean-Louis Olivier (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 0 m–15 m (avg. 6 m) |
Population¹ (1999) |
1 294 |
- Density | 118/km² |
1 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Ars-en-Ré is a commune of the Charente-Maritime département in western France.
It is one of the 10 communes located on the Île de Ré in the northwestern part of the island.
[edit] Remarkable sites
- The bell tower of the church painted in black and white serves as remarkable seamark
- Fier d'Ars
- Salterns