Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Vendée
- Arrondissement
- Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Canton
- L'Île-d'Yeu
- Mayor 2023 2026
- Carole Charuau
- Area
- 23.32 km (9.00 sq mi)
- Population 2019
- 4,850
- Density
- 208/km (539/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 85113 /85350
- Elevation
- 0–32 m (0–105 ft) , (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- France
- Located in
- L'Île-d'Yeu
- Population
- 4636
- Area
- 23.32
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Official website
- www.ile-yeu.fr
- Image
- Île d'Yeu.png
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- Île d'Yeu
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Encyclopedic overview
Île d'Yeu ( French pronunciation: [il djø]) or L'Île-d'Yeu, is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France. The island's two harbours, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule to the south, in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for tuna and lobster fishing, respectively.
Administratively, the commune of L'Île-d'Yeu is part of the Vendée department and the Pays de la Loire region of France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Île d'Yeu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.