page_title: Côte d'amour
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Côte d'amour / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The port of Le Pouliguen (France)
context_page_description: The Côte d'Amour shore designates a coastline area of western France, from "Le Traict de Pen Bé" to the mouth of the Loire in Saint-Nazaire, which are both in the department of Loire-Atlantique, in the region of Pays de la Loire but many municipalities of Côte d'Amour are also part of what it is called now Bretagne Plein Sud. The coastline includes the whole peninsula of Guérande
context_section_description: Until the 19th century, what today is the "Côte d'Amour" was just composed of two little fishing ports, Pornichet in the east and Le Pouliguen in the west, which were separated by a large sand stretch called "La Bôle". Regarding Pornichet, there were two main economic activities. The first one was fishing, and taking as many riches as possible from the sea, such as fish and a natural fertiliser called "Goémon". The second one was the extraction of salt from the many salt evaporation ponds in the area (in French called "marais salants"). Yet from the 18th century on this activity was abandoned, which caused large sandbanks and carried finally the draining of salt marshes. As far as Le Pouliguen is concerned, it used to be home to big boats the assured local and cod fishing and its transport to Nantes. Therefore, a naval building site was created in the city.
caption: Le Pouliguen today
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