Saint-Clément-des-Baleines

Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Commune
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
Coordinates: 46°13′44″N 1°32′18″W / 46.2289°N 1.5383°W / 46.2289; -1.5383Coordinates: 46°13′44″N 1°32′18″W / 46.2289°N 1.5383°W / 46.2289; -1.5383
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton Île de Ré
Intercommunality Île de Ré
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gilles Duval
Area1 6.80 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 723
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 17318 /17590
Elevation 0–18 m (0–59 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Clément-des-Baleines is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is situated on the Île de Ré.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962439    
1968490+11.6%
1975480−2.0%
1982516+7.5%
1990607+17.6%
1999728+19.9%
2008723−0.7%

Geography

This commune has no harbor. Five villages are aggregated in: Le Gillieux, Le Chabot, La Tricherie, Le Griveau, Le Godinand. It was named according to mass whale strandings happened on the sandbank at the northwestern side of the island during their migrations.[1] The Phare des Baleines is located on the western cap of Île de ré.

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