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Encyclopedia Britannica



OLERON

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 77 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC
OLERON , an
island
  lying off the west
coast
  of France, opposite the mouths of the
Charente
  and Seudre, and included in the department of
Charente
 -Inferieure. In 1906 the
population
  numbered 16,747. In area (66 sq. m.) it ranks next to Corsica among French islands. It is about 18 in. in length from N.W.to S.E., and ' in extreme breadth; the width of the strait (Pertuis de Maumusson) separating it from the mainland is at one point less than a mile. The
island
  is flat and low-lying and fringed by dunes on the
coast
 . The greater
part
  is very fertile, but there are also some extensive
salt
  marshes, and
oyster
  culture and fishing are carried on. The
chief
  products are corn, wine, fruit and vegetables. The inhabitants are mostly Protestants and make excellent sailors. The
chief
  places are St Pierre (pop. 1582 in 1906), Le Chateau d'Oleron (1546), and the watering-place of St Trojan-les-Bains.
Oleron, the Uliarus Insula of Pliny, formed
part
  of the duchy of Aquitaine, and finally came into the possession of the French crown in 1370. It gave its name to a medieval code of maritime
laws
  promulgated by Eleanor of Guienne.


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