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Pornichet Destination Guide

Touring Pornichet in France

Pornichet in the region of Pays de la Loire with its 10,584 citizens is a city located in France - some 243 mi or ( 390 km ) South-West of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Time in Pornichet is now 07:53 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Vannes, Trignac, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Brieuc, and Rennes. Being here already, consider visiting Vannes . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Pornichet ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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MATHIEU BOUTHIER - RAGING NIGHT @ LA BAULE 2012 (FRANCE)

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During the beautiful day of 11th august 2012 more than 80 000 people gathered in front of MATHIEU BOUTHIER for Party Fun Live by La Baule: fireflies, star djs and byfar the best public in the world fo ..


Hotel Saint Christophe - The Local Market

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Hotel Saint Christophe at La Baule, France - www.st-christophe.co.uk ..

HD nightster balade à la baule. Drift HD170 stealth.avi

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balade en moto week-end du 31.03.2012 à la baule, Images réalisés avec une caméra Drift HD170 stealth ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gare de Saint-Nazaire

The Gare de Saint-Nazaire is the passenger railway station serving the French town and port of Saint-Nazaire. Designed by Noel Lemaresquier with a functional and maritime style, it was built in 1995 in anticipation of the arrival of the LGV Atlantique and replaced an older station in the town developed by the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans railway. Located to the north of the town, to make access easier there is a bridge linking the station to the main town centre.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 47.29 -2.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Loire-Atlantique, Railway stations in Pays de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire submarine base

The submarine base of Saint-Nazaire is a large fortified U-boat pen built by the Germans during the Second World War in Saint Nazaire. It is one of the five large submarine bases built by the Third Reich in Occupied France.

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Located at 47.28 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Loire-Atlantique, Maritime museums in France, Museums in Loire-Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire

RMS Lancastria

RMS Lancastria (later HMT Lancastria) was a British Cunard liner commandeered by the UK Government for war, sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II with the loss of over 4,000 lives, possibly many more. It is the greatest ever loss of life in the sinking of a single British ship, claiming more lives than the combined losses of the RMS Titanic and RMS Lusitania. It had also the death toll for UK forces in a single engagement in the whole of World War II.

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Located at 47.17 -2.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1920 ships, Clyde-built ships, Maritime incidents in 1940, Maritime incidents in France, Saint-Nazaire, Ships of the Cunard Line, Ships sunk by aircraft, Troop ships of the United Kingdom, World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom, World War II passenger ships of the United Kingdom, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

Louis Joubert Lock

The Louis Joubert Lock (French: Forme Ecluse Louis Joubert) also known as the Normandie Dock, is a lock and major dry dock located in the port of Saint-Nazaire, in Loire-Atlantique northwestern France.

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Located at 47.28 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Drydocks, Locks of France, Saint-Nazaire

USS Buchanan (DD-131)

USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for Franklin Buchanan, was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Buchanan was transferred to the United Kingdom under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement in 1940 and served as HMS Campbeltown (I42). She was destroyed during the St. Nazaire Raid: at 1:34 on 28 March 1942, loaded with four tons of amatol explosive, the ship rammed the gates of the Forme Ecluse Louis Joubert dry dock.

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Located at 47.28 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1919 ships, Ships built in Maine, Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy, Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Shipwrecks of the Biscay coast, Wickes-class destroyers, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

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