Royan is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns, and has five beaches, a marina for over 1,000 boats, and an active fishing port. As of 2013, the population of the greater urban area was 48,982. The town had 19,029 inhabitants in 2021.
The port of Royan
The casino in 1895, destroyed in 1945
CAREL (Centre Audiovisuel de Royan pour l'Étude des Langues)
Image: Eglise Saint Pierre de Royan en 1918
Charente-Maritime is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kilometres.
Prefecture building in La Rochelle
Sunset in Meschers-sur-Gironde in Charente-Maritime
La Rochelle
Royan, a seaside resort