LA BAULE AND ITS PINES
Trees become a genuine element of the landscape and the identifying emblem of the seaside resort of La Baule
La Baule is its beach, and the garden town sheltered by its pine trees. Back when La Baule didn't yet exist, the sand buried the first village of Escoublac. In 1810, Napoleon ordered the planting of pine trees to hold back the dune on the Atlantic coast. The task ahead was considerable: using conifers to fix 700 hectares of dunes forming the coastal spit linking the former islands of Le Croisic, Batz and Le Pouliguen to the Guérande plateau. The western part of the project was carried out by the Société Benoît, which gave its name to this part of La Baule; the rest by the Société des Dunes, headed by a businessman from Nantes, Mr. Berthault. These plantations, combined with the creation of the railroad station, gave rise to the seaside resort of La Baule. By the end of the 19th century, trees had become an integral part of the landscape and the emblem of the town's identity, located on 650 hectares of pine forest.
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