La Chaloupe Harbor at Noirmoutier

The Historic Harbor of Noirmoutier

This camera overlooks the La Chaloupe basin at the port of Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, the maritime and historic core of the Île de Noirmoutier. Sailboats and fishing vessels line the quays, rising and falling with the strong Atlantic tides that shape daily life along this salt-marsh coast.

Island Heritage and Old Town

Around the basin cluster the whitewashed houses, colourful shopfronts and winding streets of the Banzeau quarter. The town's château-musée, the Hôtel Jacobsen and the surrounding cobbled lanes make the old harbor a living record of the island's long seafaring past.

A Working Port

The port remains a functional anchorage for pleasure craft and local boats, with masts, rigging and moored hulls filling the frame. It is a gateway to the Bourrine marshlands, the salt pans and the long sandy beaches that ring this Vendée island.