The name of both the town and the bay derives from the old word "Aiguillon" or 'sharp tip'. The bay
of L'Aiguillon, forming a near-perfect 20-km arc, has remained a largely unspoilt mussel-growing area with its thousands of wooden poles planted at the mouth of the estuary.
The commune of l'Aiguillon stretches over a 1043-hectare area, 12 km long but only 700 m wide on average, between the river Lay and one of its former branches.
In brief : Setting the scene
Although l'Aiguillon stands on a cluster of dunes which
formed sometime between the 5th and 12th centuries, its
coastline is but a fragile barrier against the stormy seas. A
5-km long sea wall was finally built in the 19th
A Heritage Drawn From The Ocean
From l'Aiguillon sur Mer, the whole southern Vendée and our 'Côte de Lumière' open up before you !
