Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
24.0km²
Area
55km
Coastline
27m
Highest point
4,636
People
19°C
Warmest sea
August
15km
To the mainland
When to go to Île d'Yeu
Best to visit from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (19 °C) and coolest in February (10 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island off the coast of the Vendée in western France
Île d'Yeu is an island in France. It covers 24.0 km², with 55 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 27 m. About 4,636 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 15 km away.
Getting there
- Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at NTE airport (Nantes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesFromentine - Île d'Yeu, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie - Île d'Yeu, Barbâtre - Île d'Yeu
- 15 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Île d'Yeu.
- 53beachesPlage de la Grande Conche, Plage des Vieilles, Plage des Sabias and 50 more
- 2viewpointsPierre Tremblante
- 4lighthousesPhare de La Meule, Le Grand Phare, Phare des Corbeaux and 1 more
- 2ferry terminalsHarbor Station, Gare Maritime
- 5marinasPort-Joinville, Port de La Meule, Port de Plaisance and 2 more
- 2castles and fortsLe Vieux Château, Fort de Pierre-Levée
- 36ruins and archaeological sitesLa Roche aux Fras, Grotte de Saint-Amand, Dolmen des Petits Fradets and 33 more
- 1dive centresSub Évasion
- 5waymarked walking routesLe tour de l'île d'Yeu, La Sente du Noroît, La Sente des Oyes and 2 more
- 1campsitesCamping municipal
- 7hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 29restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Île d'Yeu in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Île d'Yeu, each with its own numbers.
3beaches and covesCoastya
Beach with the warmest sea
19.5°C
Plage de ker Daniau
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
3 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Plage de ker Daniau19.5°C
- Anse des Souxcove19.5°C
- Anse des Fontainescove19.5°C
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 16 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
5 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- L'Île-d'Yeu4,850 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 |
| Night low (°C) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Sea (°C) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 68 | 66 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
| Wet days | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 28 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 29 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.9 | −0.5 | +0.8 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.1 | −0.6 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +1.2 | +0.3 | −0.2 | −1.0 |
| 2022 | −0.9 | −0.4 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +1.6 | +0.7 | +0.5 | −0.1 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.5 | +0.4 |
| 2023 | +0.5 | −0.2 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +2.2 | +2.8 | +1.1 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | ±0.0 | +1.2 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | −1.0 | +0.2 | +0.6 | ±0.0 |
| 2025 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +2.1 | +0.5 | −0.2 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +1.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1970151) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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