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The Noirmoutier Bridge (French: Pont de Noirmoutier) is a bridge located on the west coast of France in the department of Vendée, built in the early 1970s...

Noirmoutier (also French: Île de Noirmoutier, pronounced [nwaʁmutje]; Breton: Nervouster, Nermouster) is a tidal island off the Atlantic coast of France...

Rade de Fromentine ("Formantine harbour") . Since July 1971, the Noirmoutier Bridge has been used to cross the strait. "Scan Littoral" (Map). Scan Littoral...

The Battle of Noirmoutier was a confrontation in the War in the Vendée which took place on 3 January 1794 between the Republicans and the Vendeans for...

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...

tide. Fromentine was linked to Noirmoutier by Noirmoutier's bridge in 1971, which was the first real way to Noirmoutier, considering the Gois isn't usable...

prologue. This stage crossed from the mainland of France to the Île de Noirmoutier. The most famous route to this island is the Passage du Gois, a road...

building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, garden, bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's architectural...

Kingdom of Galicia Emirate of Córdoba Banu Qasi Norwegian Vikings of Noirmoutier Francia Asturian and Córdoban victory Battle of Albelda (851) Location:...

Vorpostenboote Sachsenwald and Gotland were on picket duty offshore between Noirmoutier and Saint-Nazaire. When the British Commandos were withdrawing back across...

the French army was nearly finished with their construction of a pontoon bridge. Condé, Louis's commander in chief, send the Count of Guiche with 2,000...

between the North Sea and Limfjorden. Many small islands connected by bridges By tradition and usage, the Isle of Lewis and Isle of Harris are often...

Cinévardaphoto — Director, writer 2006 Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier Some Widows of Noirmoutier Director, writer, editor 2008 Les plages d'Agnès The Beaches...

Olivier IV de Clisson. The castle built on an islet linked to the coast by a bridge is first mentioned in 1356. Since the nineteenth century Île d'Yeu has attracted...

Guérande (Fleur de Sel de Guérande being the most revered), but also in Noirmoutier, Île de Ré and Camargue. foie gras fatty liver; usually the liver of...

The Swedish commander, Wrangel, found himself hemmed in by a destroyed bridge over the Rhin river by the town of Fehrbellin. Impassable marshes on both...

would have taken too long. A few days later, on 4 July, the island of Noirmoutier was attacked. After a short struggle, which left more than a hundred...

over command. On 31 July, the French withdrew over the Rhine, using the bridge at Altenheim, but only part of the army managed to cross, leaving the majority...

igneous complexes. Pegmatite (light colored) in dark mica schist, Île de Noirmoutier, France Pegmatite (pink), Isle of Skye, Scotland Potassium feldspar pegmatites...

achieved complete surprise and quickly over-ran the defenders, capturing a bridge over the Rhonelle that controlled access to the main city. Both sides wanted...