Talk:Île de Ré

message: what about agriculture on the island, anybody know what they grow?
there are lists of largest blabla bridges but not list for normal bridges like the one in ile de ré. however this bridge is way larger than the other kind of bridges (largest i know, 1.991 km in japan, thats much smaller!)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.176.200.159 (talk) 14:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
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message: Some historical information, which corresponds to the September 1625 painting of the seaborn invasion of the island:
"In February 1625, the Protestant Soubise led a Huguenot revolt against the French king Louis XIII, and, after publishing a manifesto, invaded and occupied the island of Ré.The French Wars of Religion, 1562- 1629 - Page xiii by Mack P. Holt - History - 2005  He seized Ré with 300 soldiers and 100 sailors. From there he sailed up to Britany where he led his successful attack on the royal fleet in Blavet, although he could not take the fort after a three weeks siege. Soubise then returned to Ré with 15 ships and soon occupied the Ile d'Oléron as well, thus giving him command of the Atlantic coast from Nantes to Bordeaux. Through these deeds, he was recognized as the head of the reform, and named himself "Admiral of the Protestant Church".Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Page 268  A few months later, in September 1625, Charles, Duke of Guise organized a landing in order to re-capture the islands, with the support of the Dutch (20 ships)Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Page 268  and English navies. The fleet of La Rochelle was defeated, as was Soubise with 3,000 when he led a counter-attack against the royal troops who had landed on the island.Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Page 268  The island was invested, forcing Soubise to flee to England.Fractured Europe, 1600-1721 By David J. Sturdy Page 127 "
Feel free to insert it in the article. Cheers PHG (talk) 05:46, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Per Honor et Gloria ✍ 11:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: The "Life on the island" section might benefit from some toning down of its guidebooky nature. (WP:NOT a guidebook) It's not too bad at the moment, but teeters on the edge of becoming a full-on travel-guide section, which would not be appropriate. 86.136.250.154 (talk) 01:56, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A bit guidebooky 

message: Article makes no mention of the island's ownership having been swindled from the Australian Mercier family in the early 1900's. A group of solicitors were sent out from France to Sydney, and they managed to deceive and coerce my great grandfather into signing it over for a pittance as a 'worthless' salt mine. Hmm...no mention of that.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.177.15 (talk) 01:47, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent history conveniently omitted. 

message: The article should tell what the word Ré/Rhé means. The word must mean something, but I can't find that information anywhere. If it's already in the article somewhere, it should be moved to a more prominent location, like the lead section, unless the derivation is interesting and relevant enough to merit the addition of a section devoted to the meaning of the word.
All I can think of is that it may be a form of the name of either the Greek goddess Rhea or Rhea Silvia, the mother of Rome's founders Romulus and Remus, but that's just a guess and doesn't seem particularly likely given the island's location. Maybe it's a Celtic word. I don't know, but somebody does.—Jim10701 (talk) 12:36, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of the name? 

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message: Is it good practice to have a French title for this article?  See WP:USEENGLISH.  Other articles in the English Wikipedia seem to usually call it the "Island of  Ré". PatGallacher (talk) 15:42, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
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