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unusual facts about Ile d'Yeu


Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu

The longest of these had been led by the famous English pirate, Robert Knolles, who managed to seize the castle in 1355 and occupied the island for 37 years.


Daniel Renoult

He was taken to the Baillet camp, then transferred to the Ile d'Yeu in April 1940, Camp Gurs, Camp Nexon, citadel of Sisteron, locked in the camp of Saint-Sulpice, then moved to the prison at Castres, again to Nexon camp and back to Castres, then again to Saint-Sulpice in prison Eysses, to Camp Carrière and finally in 1944 moved to the citadel of Sisteron again.

French cartography

The departments of Savoy, Haute-Savoie and part of the Maritime Alps were not part of the Kingdom of France at the time, and are not represented on the map; neither are the islands of Yeu and Corsica.

Gillardeau oysters

Gillardeau oysters are a brand of edible oysters that are produced by the Gillardeau family and their small private company, which was founded in 1898 in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus near La Rochelle and the Île d'Oléron in western France.

Île d'Orléans

Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans in honour of the second son of King Francis I, Henri II, the Duke of Orléans.

Île d'Orléans Bridge

An electoral promise made by Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau to Montmorency County for a job-creation project during the Great Depression led to the construction of this bridge in 1934.

Île d'Orléans, Louisiana

In 1762 France, anticipating that Great Britain would take Louisiana at the end of the French and Indian Wars, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau transferred to Spain all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, as well as a newly defined area east of the Mississippi that included New Orleans, called the Isle of Orleans.

Orleans, Ontario

The community is thought to have been named by its first postmaster, Théodore Besserer, after his place of birth, the Île d'Orléans near Quebec City.

Philip Louis Pratley

The company was responsible for the design and supervision of construction for the Jacques Cartier Bridge at Montreal, the Île d'Orléans Bridge at Quebec City, the Lions Gate Bridge at Vancouver, the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge at Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Burlington Bay Skyway Bridge near Hamilton, Ontario.

Rimouski

Originally from Ouanne in the Burgundy region, he exchanged property he owned on the Île d'Orléans with Augustin Rouer de la Cardonnière for the Seigneurie of Rimouski, which extended along the St. Lawrence River from the Hâtée River at Le Bic to the Métis River.

Robert Giguère

Joseph lived out his life in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, his descendants would later move across from Quebec City to the beautiful Île d'Orléans.

Tif et Tondu

Other characters from this period included the young Countess Amélie d'Yeu (known as Kiki), Inspector Ficshusset of Scotland Yard and Inspector Allumette of the French Sûreté, who ably led the official struggle against Choc.

Wedge sole

In France, the wedge sole is a speciality of the fishing ports of Cotinière, on the île d'Oléron, and Royan, in Charente-Maritime.

Youth for Exchange and Understanding

Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) is an International Non-Governmental Non-profit Youth Organisation established in 1986 and member of the European Youth Forum in Brussels as an INGYO.


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