Ars-in-D

Ars-in-D is a common French, located on the Ile de Ré, chief town of the Canton of Ars-in-D, belonging to the Arrondissement of the La Rochelle in the department of the Charente-Maritime and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Geography

Village and small port (with wet dock) on the Northern coast and in the Western part of the Ile de Ré par.

  • Located at the bottom it to trust of Ars (stretch of water returning to interior of the grounds and broadside of marsh) one reaches the port by a channel crossing the salt-water marshes.

  • Beach on the southern part of the island, broadside of a dam, protecting the grounds, to the Western point of the island (Headlight of the Whales).

Activity:

  • Agriculture, vine, potato (AOC).
  • salt-water Marshes.
  • Water sport, fishing.
  • Tourism.

History

Important port at the time of salt (until the beginning of the 20th century. Gabelle of salt)

Administration

|- | align=right| March 2001 || Jean-Louis Olivier ||align=" center" | UMP ||

Demography

  • Inhabitants of Ars-in-D: Arsais, Arsaises, Will break

Places and monuments

  • the Port, (below, the arrival with the old wet dock) a new wet dock was created, at the entry of the channel of access, a few years ago.
  • the Church of Ars (Saint-Etienne Priory) . The bell-tower of the church painted in black, is used as Amer for the sailors.
  • fears It of Martray
  • Martray, the narrowest place of the Ile de Ré, a few tens of meters.
  • Battery " Karola" Atlantic Wall (army ground) .
  • Vestiges of old windmills reconverted in dwellings.
  • the Proud ones of Ars and salt-water marshes.
  • the old Station of the " Small Train of the Island of Ré" (1898) on the port.

Personalities related to the commune

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