Royan: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 19,017
• Coordinates: 45.6281° N, 1.0315° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 440 km (273 mi), straight line

Getting there

• La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH): 63 km (39 mi), straight line
• Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD): 92 km (57 mi), straight line
• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 148 km (92 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Saintes: 34 km (21 mi)
• Rochefort: 35 km (22 mi)
• Lesparre-Medoc: 36 km (23 mi)
• Jonzac: 51 km (31 mi)
• Saint-Jean-d'Angely: 53 km (33 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bordeaux, 94 km (59 mi)