New Aquitaine, France · Europe
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Royan is a town located in New Aquitaine, France. With a population of 19,017, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Royan (French pronunciation: [ʁwajɑ̃]; Roeyan [ʁwejɑ̃] in the Saintongeais dialect; Occitan: Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns,Read more
and has five beaches, a marina for over 1,000 boats, and an active fishing port.
Royan is located on the peninsula of Arvert, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary on its eastern shore. Royan was once of strategic importance, coveted in particular by the Visigoths and the Vikings. During the Reformation the city became a Protestant stronghold, and was besieged and destroyed by King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43). During the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830), and especially during the Second Empire (1852–1870), Royan was celebrated for its sea baths. It attracted many artists during the Roaring Twenties.
Allied bombing between September 1944 and April 1945 destroyed the town. Known then as the "martyred city", it was declared a "Laboratory of research on urbanism", and it is now a showcase of the Modernist architecture of the 1950s. It was classified as a Town of Art and History (Ville d'Art et d'Histoire) in 2010. Royan today is a tourist and cultural hub, with some 90,000 visitors each summer season.
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Royan is located in New Aquitaine, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.6281 latitude, -1.0315 longitude.
Royan has a population of approximately 19,017 people, making it a town in France.
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