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La Flotte is a commune in France, situated within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is part of the Charente-Maritime department and the Arrondissement of La Rochelle. The administrative entity is located in the canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré and is associated with the Canton of Île de Ré. The commune shares borders with Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, Rivedoux-Plage, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré, and Saint-Martin-de-Ré.
The area of La Flotte is 12.32 square kilometers, with an elevation of 17 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 17630. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 3,150 residents (1,315 male and 1,447 female) and another citing 2,933. The community is a member of The Most Beautiful Villages of France.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Flotte
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,933
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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 )
- Insee postal code
- 17161 /17630
- Elevation
- 0–17 m (0–56 ft) , (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Flotte
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of La Rochelle
- Population
- 3017
- Area
- 12.32
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré
- Official website
- www.laflotte.fr
- Image
- Port la Flotte en Re.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Flotte
- postal code
- 17630
- associated electoral district
- Canton of Île de Ré
- male population
- 1315
- female population
- 1447
- P8168
- Marco Borradori
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.laflotte.fr/nous-contacter
- phone number
- +33-5-46-09-60-13
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Flotte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.