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Ile de Re: Toll Bridge, Second Homes & Who Should Skip It
🌍 Île de Ré is France's second-home island — and that is not what makes it unusual. INSEE's 2023 census puts second homes at 61.2% of the island's 23,656 dwellings, six times the French rate of 9.7%, rising to 83.6% at Les Portes-en-Ré, where 1,656 second homes sit against 302 year-round households. But INSEE puts Île d'Oléron next door at 61.3% and Noirmoutier at 68.9%. On the measure Ré is criticised for, it is indistinguishable from its neighbour. What sets it apart is the toll.
💰 The Département de la Charente-Maritime publishes a return car toll of €16 in high season (15 June–15…
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