ROYAN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of W . See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• CHARENTE

Charente Inferieure, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• GIRONDE

Gironde, at its mouth 63 m. below and N.N.W. of See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux . Pop . (1906) 7142 . Royan is one of the most frequented bathing resorts on the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic seaboard . The See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast is divided into a number of small bays or " conches," forming so many distinct beaches: to the E. of the town is the "Grande Conche" with the municipal See also:

• CASINO (diminutive of casa, a house)

casino; to the S. the " Conche de Foncillon," separated from the first-named by a See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay which forms a See also:

• FINE

fine terraced esplanade; beyond the fort of Royan follow in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession the conches " du Choy " and " de See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson," and the most fashionable of all, that of Pontaillac . The See also:

• PORT

port carries on sardine-fishing and an active See also:

• COASTING

coasting See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, but the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour at high See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide is accessible only to vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing from 8 to ro it., and at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• WATER

water is dry . See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• PELLETAN, CHARLES CAMILLE (1846– )

Pelletan, the author, has a statue in the town, of which he was a benefactor . The lighthouse of Cordouan, 200 ft. in height, rebuilt on the site of an older See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower by the architect See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis de See also:

• FOIX

Foix in 1584—1610 and added to about the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, stands on a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock 71 m . W.S.W. of Royan . Royan after passing through many hands came to the See also:

• FAMILY

family of la Tremoille, in whose favour it was made first a marquisate and then a duchy . During the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 15th century it was held by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English .

During the See also:

• WARS

wars of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion it was a centre of Calvinism and had to sustain in 1622 an eight days' See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege by the troops of Louis XIII . As See also:

• LATE

late as the end of the 18th century it was but a " Bourg " of about one thousand inhabitants, noticeable only for its priory, where See also:

• BRANTOME
• BRANTOME, PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE, SEIGNEUR AND ABBE DE (c. 1540-1614)

Brantome wrote a portion of his See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles . The prosperity of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place See also:

• DATES

dates from the Restoration, when steamboat communication was established with Bordeaux .