Baule-Escoublac is a city of the Loire-Atlantique and Seaside resort of the famous Côte of Love for its long beach located at the bottom of bay of the Pouliguen. It is a very tourist place. The inhabitants of the commune are called the Baulois . Broadside by almost seven kilometers of sandy extent, La Baule enorgueillit of the title of " more beautiful beach of Europe".

Geography

  • the beach, that the city divides with the communes of the Pouliguen and Pornichet, measurement more than 8 kilometers. It is its harmonious curve which will be worth with the site to be selected by Misters Darlu and Hennecart at the end of the XIXe century for the foundation of a new seaside resort.

  • the Benoît beach is famous for his very fine white sand. Part of the commune is located on a dune.

  • the city of Baule-Escoublac is divided into two districts: the district of Escoublac and the district of the Guézy.

District of Escoublac

District of Guézy

History

The history of Baule starts in Escoublac. Certain scholars affirmed that the naval battle which opposed the Vénètes to the Romans in year 54 before Jesus-Christ would have taken place with the site of the current saline marshes of Guérande. Although still relayed by tourist plates and certain guides, this impossible like us one is shown the studies of the basement of the Baie of Baule and the marsh of Guérande. Indeed, at that time the Tombolo S of the Pouliguen and Penbron (with Turballe) were formed, and the lagoon too exigüe to make there enter a fleet in operation, such as that described by César in the Guerre of Gaules… especially to low tide, since the estran was with overdraft.

Escoublac comes according to the legend from Breton the eskop-lec' H, place of the bishop or more probably of Latin Escob-acus, = field of Escobius, noble local of the Early empire. A Bôle indicates into Breton guérandais a marshy shore, covered at the time of the spring tides, comparable with the old salted meadows of the Mount Saint Michel. The dunes appeared since antiquity, they invaded the old coastal marshes, while progressing of West in Is, then at the end of the XVIIIe century, the old village of Escoublac. Ruins of the church are visible in the dunes.

Indeed, in 1050, the bishop of Nantes calls upon monks of the abbey of Saint-Florent-the-Veil to assist the population of Escoublac and to found a priory, with this clause: " that the nuns should provide with benefit four wire of the recteur" , which they never did. Under the episcopate of Quiriacus, an established charter with Chantenay, gone back to 1073, confirms this provision. The monks then build a small monastery placed under the term of Saint-Pierre and a church. From 1148 to 1184, Escoublac gives two successive bishops to Nantes: Bernard (bishop of 1148 to 1169) and his nephew Robert (bishop of 1170 to 1184).

When the first train connecting Saint-Nazaire to Croisic is coming in this May 11th, 1879, La Baule does not exist yet. " Bôle" , as it is named then, is at the time only one locality of the commune of Escoublac, a dune in the course of fixing by plantations of pines, paradise of wild rabbits. The borough of Escoublac is with three kilometers. Jules-Joseph Hennecart on the councils of his stockbroker Edouard Darlu became purchaser of the Company of the railroad of Saint-Nazaire in Croisic then in bankruptcy. He completes the construction of the line on behalf of the network of the State. This line will pass under the control of PO in 1883. Before the inauguration, Jules Joseph Hennecart buys forty hectares of dunes at the Company of the dunes of Escoublac of Yves Berthault. He entrusts his development to a young Nantes architect Georges Lafont. This last traces a sandy alley which will take the name of Avenue of the Station and which names today Avenue of the de Gaulle General. It also builds a vault which since 1981 is known under name of Vault Saint-Anne. The architect Georges Lafont will build more than two hundred and fifty villas and will thus take part in the development of the station.

In the years 1920, Louis Lajarrige gains a large success with its allotment of the Wood of Love with Baule the Pines. He gets along with the Company of PO to move the railway which is then installed in edge of beach and which gene the access to the sea bathings. July 17th, 1927, the new stations of the Baule-the-Pines and Baule-Escoublac are inaugurated. The old station then makes place with the public garden of the place of the Victories, the building of the station is always visible beside the bandstand.

The commune is called Escoublac until the decree of May 10th, 1962 and raised of the canton of Guérande until 1985; " Bôle" was then a simple locality on the coast, with the height of Escoublac. It is only on November 13rd, 1961, which the municipal council decides by twelve votes against ten for the name of Baule - Escoublac. The commune of Escoublac - La Baule is called the commune of Baule-Escoublac starting from May 15th, 1962. The station is named at the beginning " Escoublac it Bôle" then " Baule-Escoublac". In 1986, the ectrification of the railway until Croisic is carried out. From the September 24th, 1989, the Atlantic TGV puts less than three hours to connect La Baule to the capital.

Before the railroad, the area was already attended by " touristes" , its development as from 1879 was strongly accelerated.

Transport

  • Public transport:

The city is served by the train and has a station (Baule-Escoublac) and a stop (La Baule Pines).

Currently the station of Baule-Escoublac is served by FOR THE THIRD TIME, trains Corail and TGV, whereas the stop of the Baule-the-Pines is served only by FOR THE THIRD TIME.

  • Highway network:

The communal highway network is in a very average state, quasi-vacuum in hollow periods but completely saturated with peak periods (holidays).

It has many cycle tracks, some being of size unsuited to the circulation of only one bicycle, the other excellent ones.

The center of the city does not comprise any pedestrian precinct, contrary to the majority of the cities, and is of this fact in summer, saturated by the vehicles, noisy, and unpleasant for the holiday makers.

Economy

  • Marina of Baule - Pouliguen managed by the Chamber of commerce and industry of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.

Administration

|- | align=right| 1790 - 1791 ||Mathurin Phelippes de Beauregard || || |- | align=right| 1791 - 1795 ||Julien Texiouer|| || |- | align=right| 1800 - 1815 ||Pierre Chaffiraud|| || |- | align=right| 1815 - 1816 ||of Sécouillon|| || |- | align=right| 1816 - 1826 ||Louis Pourceau de Tréméac|| || |- | align=right| 1826 - 1831 ||Olivier Berthaltitude|| || |- | align=right| 1832 - 1835 ||François Pierre Dauce|| || |- | align=right| 1835 - 1837 ||Jacques Olivier|| || |- | align=right| 1837 - 1848 ||François Pierre Duracell|| || |- | align=right| 1848 - 1852 ||Pierre Berthaudrain|| || |- | align=right| 1852 - 1870 ||Etienne Breny|| || |- | align=right| 1870 - 1871 ||Jean Marie Gall|| || |- | align=right| 1871 - 1876 ||Etienne Breny|| || |- | align=right| 1876 - 1884 ||François Athanase Durand|| || |- | align=right| 1884 - 1891 ||Jean François Sohier|| || |- | align=right| 1891 - 1900 ||François Athanase Durand|| || |- | align=right| 1900 - 1917 ||Edouard Trabaud Kirkham|| || |- | align=right| 1917 - 1925 ||Andre Pavia|| || |- | align=right| 1925 - 1935 ||Roger Maury de Lapeyrouse Vauvresson|| || |- | align=right| 1935 - 1939 ||Louis Lajarrige|| || |- | align=right| 1939 - 1945 ||Marcel Stone|| || |- | align=right| 1945 - 1971 ||Rene Dubois|| || |- | align=right| 1971 - 1995 || Olivier Guichard || RPR || Minister |- | align=right| 1995 ||Yves Métaireau|| UMP || |- |}

Demography

Currency

Labor, Ground and Fulgeant Pond in unum

Parks and green areas

The commune is a flowered city having obtained four flowers with the Concours of the cities and flowered villages with the prize list 2006.
  • Three sites deserve the turning:
    • the park of Dryades.
    • gardens of the victory.
    • the town hall.

Twinning

Famous characters

Economy

Tourist monuments and places

The sea front of Baule is incontestably the principal attraction of a city founded for the attraction of its beach. Bordered of villas, its aspect gradually changed as from the years 1960 when the seaside resort was popularized. The sea front nowadays consists of buildings of intermediate size dating from the years 1960 at our days.

  • Hotel Manor house Marie-Louise: ****

  • Hotel of the Hermitage
Its sand beach white, largest of Europe and the 4th world one. villa Mona winnowed built in 1914, repurchased in 1930 Master courteous louis and his wife Marie Joseph Ecomard, who entirely restores it, appendix of the commandatur pandant the war, destroyed in 1986, (stained glass of saint louis da L church of the baule offered speak courteous family - ecomard)

Others

According to the area division Brittany makes by Erwan Valerie, La Baule belongs to the traditional country of the Brière and the historical country of the Nantes Pays.

See too

Internal bonds

  • Common of the Loire-Atlantique

External bonds

  • La Baule Guided visits, Saint Nazaire and Peninsula of Guerande
  • Newspaper Baule+
  • Infos local - Tourism - Real estate RSS
  • Tourist bureau
  • Town hall
  • La Baule in photographs
  • Directory of Baule
  • Baule-Escoublac on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Baule-Escoublac on the site of INSEE
  • Baule-Escoublac on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Baule-Escoublac on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane of Baule-Escoublac on Mapquest
  • the site on the exits with Baule

Sources

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