Pivot-on-Sea

the Pivot-on-Sea is a common French, located in the department of the the Vendée and the area Pays of the Loire.

Its inhabitants is them Aiguillonnais.

Geography

Commune located on the mouth envasée of the Lay in edge of the drained Marshes Saint-Michel-in-the Herm and separated from the littoral by the broad dune cord on which is located the commune of the Fault-on-Sea.

History

The commune is located on a narrow sand offshore bar which lengthens constantly since the 17th century.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Point and Baie of the Pivot: polders, dams, beaches and places of migrations for birds.
typical Seaport.
Mussel beds on the beaches of the Point of the Pivot.

Personalities related to the commune

Louis Knight, historian, professor with the Collège de France
Rene Couzinet, pioneer of the Aeronautical
Gustave Perreau, senator-mayor of La Rochelle
Gaby Morlay, actress
Henri Pigeanne, doctor installed with the Pivot-on-Sea, taking part in the Resistance. It was stopped by the Germans on June 19th 1944 and was off-set with the camp of Neuengamme.

See too

Common of the Vendée

External bonds

Pivot-on-Sea on the site of the national geographical Institute
Pivot-on-Sea on the site of INSEE
Pivot-on-Sea on the site of Quid
Localization of the Pivot-on-Sea on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of the Pivot-on-Sea on Mapquest
Site on the Tourist office of the Pivot on Sea

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