Where is La Baule located?
The French resort of La Baule is spread out on the coast of the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic Ocean, in the Land of Loire region.
Nantes is about 70km from the nearest "transit point" and 450km from Paris. Its nearest neighbors are the port town of Le Poligan to the west, and Pornichet and Saint-Nazaire to the east. The population of La Baule is about 16,000 inhabitants.
History of the city of La Baule.
Although the first settlement in what is now the resort dates back to the Middle Ages, La Baule is just over 150 years old. It was once a small fishing village called Escoublac. At the end of the 18th century it was given its modern name, but it was still a long way from becoming a famous resort.
Who knows how it would have fared if in 1833 two entrepreneurs from France, Berthold and Benoit, had not taken a liking to this fertile place for the cultivation of alder, pine and poplar trees (about 720 hectares of land were planted).
In the course of a few years, the town also developed its transportation infrastructure and buildings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, La Baule became a presentable resort that attracts more and more tourists every year.
