Saint-Clément-des-Baleines

Saint-Clément-des-Baleines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ klemɑ̃ de balɛn]) is a commune on Île de Ré, a coastal island in the French department of Charente-Maritime, located in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (formerly Poitou-Charentes).

Five villages are aggregated in: Le Gillieux, Le Chabot, La Tricherie, Le Griveau, Le Godinand.

It was named according to mass whale strandings happened on the sandbank at the northwestern side of the island during their migrations.

[3] The Phare des Baleines is located on the western tip of Île de Ré.

This Charente-Maritime geographical article is a stub.