Isle o Oléron

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Oléron Island
Aerial photograph o Oléron
Geografie
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates45°54′N 1°18′W / 45.9°N 1.3°W / 45.9; -1.3Coordinates: 45°54′N 1°18′W / 45.9°N 1.3°W / 45.9; -1.3
Aurie174 km2 (67 sq mi)
Lenth30 km (19 mi)
Weenth8 km (5 mi)
Heichest elevation34 m (112 ft)
Admeenistration
Fraunce
Demografics
DemonymOléronais, Oléronaise (French)
Population21,871
Pop. density126 /km2 (326 /sq mi)

The Isle o Oléron or Oléron Island (French: île d'Oléron, [il dɔleʁɔ̃]; Saintongese: ilâte d'Olerun; Laitin: Uliarus insula) is an island off the Atlantic coast o Fraunce (due wast o Rochefort), on the soothren side o the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. The lairgest toun is Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.


It is the seicont lairgest island o Metropolitan Fraunce, after Corsicae, wit a length o 30 km an a width o 8 km. It has an area o 174 km2 an mair than 21,000 permanent inhabitants.

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