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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.[3]

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La Flotte
Commune
The harbour in La Flotte
Coat of arms
Location of La Flotte
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Coordinates: 46°11′16″N 1°19′28″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Île de Ré
Intercommunality	Île de Ré
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Heraudeau[1]
Area 1	12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,785
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
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)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

La Flotte was declared one of the most beautiful villages in France by the eponymous independent tourism organization Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, and since 2011, the town has been a part of the departmental government's "Stone and Water Villages" tourism initiative to promote notable coastal and waterfront locales (i.e., where the stone (city) meets the water (sea, river etc.).

Geography

The commune of La Flotte contains the town proper and a marina. The shoreline is bordered by small cliffs, and is home to Arnéult Beach, an artificial beach that has to be re-sanded each year.

Town Planning

La Flotte is an urban municipality, part of the urban unit of La Flotte, which also contains the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Ré.[4] In addition, the municipality is part of the attraction area of La Flotte, covering 4 communes.[3]

The municipality, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean , is also a coastal municipality within the meaning of the law ofJanuary 3, 1986, known as the coastal law  . From then on, specific town planning provisions apply in order to preserve natural spaces, sites, landscapes and the ecological balance of the coast , such as for example the principle of inconstructibility, outside urbanized areas, on the strip. coastline of 100 meters, or more if the local urban plan provides for it  ,  .

Land Use

The zoning of the municipality, as reflected in the database European occupation biophysical soil Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of the agricultural land (47% in 2018), nevertheless down from 1990 (55.1%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: forests (34.3%), permanent crops (18.3%), urbanized areas (17.9%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (15.9%), arable land (9, 1%), meadows (3.7%), artificial green spaces, non-agricultural (0.5%), coastal wetlands (0.4%)  .

The IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of land use in the municipality (or in territories at different scales). Several eras are accessible as aerial maps or photos: the Cassini map ( xviii ^th  century), the map of Staff (1820-1866) and the current period (1950 to present)  .

Economic Activity

• Agriculture, asparagus, potatoes, vine.
• Oyster farming, boating, fishing.
• Tourism. Accommodation: six hotels, five campsites, guest houses, seasonal rentals.

History

the November 6, 1627, the regiment of the French Guards attacks the English troops, of George Villiers duke of Buckingham , who besiege the citadel of Saint-Martin-de-Ré , defended by Jean du Caylar de Saint-Bonnet, marquis de Toiras . After causing the English assault to fail, the French Guards retreated through the town of La Flotte, burned three English vessels there in the port and returned to Fort La Prée  .

Gustave Dechézeaux's native village (October 8, 1760 - January 17, 1794) . Member of the National Convention . Unjustly accused, he was guillotined at Rochefort then rehabilitated by the Convention onApril 18, 1795.

Government

List of successive mayors

Period		Identity	Label	Quality
[display] List of mayors from 1790 to 1947
1947	1952	Eugene Chauffour		trader
1952	1959	Pierre Brochard		retired officer
1959	1971	Guy Margotteau	UNR	retired director of overseas France
1971	1977	Raymond Poncet		oyster farmer
1977	May 2020	Leon Gendre	UMP then LR	hotelier, retired restaurateur, former general councilor
May 2020	In progress	Jean-Paul Héraudeau
The missing data must be completed.

* For 1855, municipal councilor acting as mayor.

** For the year 1870, from 21st of October to July, (Fourgnaud, Brin, Margotteau, Biret) municipal commission

2008 Municipal Elections

1 ^st  round of 2008 elections

List driven by	Number of applicants	%	Voice (average of lists)	Elected
Leon Gendre	23	52.6%	1059	23
Jean-Paul Héraudeau	23	47.4%	953

2001 Municipal Elections

1 ^st  round of the 2001 election

List driven by	Number of applicants	%	Voice (average of lists)	Elected
Leon Gendre	23	100.0%	1188	23

1995 Municipal Elections

1 ^st  round of 1995 elections

List driven by	Number of applicants	%	Voice (average of lists)	Elected
Leon Gendre	23	52.0%	824	15
Raymond Grassineau	23	48.0%	760	8

1989 Municipal Elections

1 ^st  round of 1989 elections

List driven by	Number of applicants	%	Voice (average of lists)	Elected
Leon Gendre		49.4%	735
James roy		27.0%	402
Menanteau		23.6%	350

Demographics

Its inhabitants are called the Flottais and the Flottaises. In 2018, the town had 2,759 inhabitants, down 4.8% compared to 2013 (Charente-Maritime: + 2.13%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.78%).

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,400 —     1800 3,322 −3.94% 1806 2,847 −2.54% 1821 2,556 −0.72% 1831 2,557 +0.00% 1836 2,411 −1.17% 1841 2,429 +0.15% 1846 2,462 +0.27% 1851 2,422 −0.33% 1856 2,352 −0.58% 1861 2,386 +0.29% 1866 2,450 +0.53% 1872 2,315 −0.94% 1876 2,395 +0.85% 1881 2,389 −0.05% 1886 2,381 −0.07% 1891 2,447 +0.55% 1896 2,373 −0.61%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,267 −0.91% 1906 2,096 −1.56% 1911 2,118 +0.21% 1921 1,813 −1.54% 1926 1,629 −2.12% 1931 1,475 −1.97% 1936 1,396 −1.09% 1946 1,260 −1.02% 1954 1,393 +1.26% 1962 1,578 +1.57% 1968 1,681 +1.06% 1975 1,737 +0.47% 1982 1,878 +1.12% 1990 2,452 +3.39% 1999 2,737 +1.23% 2007 2,923 +0.83% 2012 2,863 −0.41% 2017 2,762 −0.72%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Culture and Heritage

Places and Monuments

• The Port: it was a commercial port for wine and salt, then a fishing port. It is essentially a marina today. Its capacity is 200 berths on pontoons and 150 berths in organized moorings. The boats celebrate during the "night shadows" sound and light and during the harbor festival in May of each year.
• The ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Ré (between Rivedoux-Plage and La Flotte). The whole has been classified as a “historic monument” sinceMay 21, 1990.
• The Fort La Pree built in 1625 and partially destroyed by Vauban in 1685 .
• The Medieval Market.
• La Maison du Platin, museum fishing, shore fishing, oyster farming, the rétaise flottaise and life (photo collections from the early xx ^th  century and models).
• The Church of St. Catherine Fleet (or "Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria") dating from the xv ^th  century. Listed, in part, as a Historic Monument, in 1988  .

The village is one of the most beautiful villages in France .

Historical Figures from La Flotte

• Nicolas Martiau (1591-1657), Huguenot settler, ancestor of George Washington and General Lee .
• Denis Goguet (1704-1778), merchant and shipowner
• Gustave Dechézeaux (October 8, 1760 in La Flotte-en-Ré - January 17, 1794in Rochefort), French politician. Member of the National Convention , sentenced to death "for having conspired against the Republic", guillotined, then rehabilitated by this same Convention.
• Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet (1767-1794), general
• Léon Gendre, general councilor of the canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (reelected in 2011), president of the Community of communes of the island of Ré from 1993 to 2008, mayor of La Flotte since 1977, ex-restaurateur (creator of the restaurant Le Richelieu).
• M ^me Tencin , salonnière and woman of letters who had Grainetière between 1735 and 1749.
• Roger Barberot (1915-2002) -, Companion of the Liberation by decree ofMarch 7, 1941, the most decorated sailor in France in 1944, owned a property there near the market.

Heraldry

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department
• List of localities belonging to the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

References

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На других языках

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[ru] Ла-Флот

Ла-Флот (фр. La Flotte) — коммуна во Франции, на острове Ре. Входит в состав кантона Сен-Мартен-де-Ре округа Ла-Рошель (департамент Приморская Шаранта, Новая Аквитания). Включена в список «Самых красивых деревень Франции»[2].

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