La Flotte
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Place details
- Locality
- La Flotte
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,933
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente-Maritime
- Arrondissement
- La Rochelle
- Canton
- Île de Ré
- Intercommunality
- Île de Ré
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Paul Heraudeau
- Area
- 12.32 km (4.76 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 3,150
- Density
- 256/km (662/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Flottais, Flottaises
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Flotte
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of La Rochelle
- Population
- +3150
- Area
- +12.32
- Elevation
- +11
- Shares border with
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré
- Official website
- www.laflotte.fr
- Image
- Port la Flotte en Re.jpg
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Article
La Flotte ( French pronunciation: [la flɔt]; sometimes locally La Flotte-en-Re), is a commune on the Île de Ré off the western coast of France, administratively part of the department of Charente-Maritime within the larger Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
It is the largest municipality on the Île de Ré by area, and the second largest by population, second to Sainte-Marie-de-Ré on the southern tip of the island.