The Route nationale 11, or RN11, is a trunk road (
nationale) in Southwest
France
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between
Poitiers and
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wi ...
. It is part of
European route
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E611.
Reclassification
The road has been downgraded along part of its original route and re-numbered the RD611 between Poitiers and
Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...
.
Route
Poitiers to Niort (0km to 68 Km) (As RD611)
The road begins on the
RN10 south west of Poitiers branching west towards the coast. It passes the
Abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The con ...
of
Fontaine-le-Comte
Fontaine-le-Comte () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Vienne department
The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department o ...
and then by-passes the village of
Lusignan
The House of Lusignan ( ; ) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries duri ...
. The road enters the ''Foret de Soudan'' and a junction with the A10 autoroute, afterwards passing through the village of Soudan.
At Saint-Maucent-l'École the road crosses the river
Sèvre Niortaise
The Sèvre Niortaise () is a long river in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Sepvret, north of Melle.
It flows through t ...
. South of
La Crèche the road crosses the
A83 autoroute becoming a dual-carriageway. The road enters the town of
Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...
.
Niort to
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wi ...
(68km to 138 km)
The road passes Southwest now designated
European Route E601. At
Mauze-sur-le-Mignon the road turns north west through ''Foret de Benon'' and over the marshes including the ''Canal de Marane'' and then reaches the port of La Rochelle on the
Atlantic
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coast.
The road here has a junction with the RN137 which runs along the coast connecting
Nantes to
Rochefort
Rochefort () may refer to:
Places France
* Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard
* Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department
* Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...
, designated the European Route E3. The RD11 becomes the Boulevard Andre Sautel as it heads towards the city centre. The RN735 connects the RN11 to the airport and the ''
Pont-Viaduc'', a bridge leading to the ''
Île de Ré
Île de Ré (; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ''ile de Rét''; en, Isle of Ré, ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait.
Its high ...
''.
References
Routes nationales in France
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