What may I do in Saint-Clément-des-Baleines?
Sleep insidewithout putting anything outside
NOT AN OFFENCE
no rule read
Tonight, hereOpen-Meteo · ahora mismo
this municipalityprotected areaseafront (this is where coastal law comes in)neighbouring municipalities, in their own colour: they can be tapped
Why, and on what paper
Which text each answer comes from
Park ·
Code de la route (partie reglementaire) art. R417-12 · verified on 2026-09-05
Camp ·
Code de l'urbanisme (partie reglementaire) art. R111-32 · verified on 2026-09-05
Not here, even though the rest of the municipality allows it
a specific zone delimited by the municipal council
NO
- Scope: sur le domaine — stated within the quotation.
Arrêté municipal — Saint-Clément-des-Baleines art. Article 1
«Article 1 – OBJET DU REGLEMENT Le stationnement des autocaravanes ou camping-cars est interdit sur le domaine public de 23 heures à 7 heures.»
These rules cover part of the municipality, not all of it. A municipal by-law may forbid what the State allows, but it may not allow what the State forbids.
The municipality, in figures
The municipality
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines is a small municipality measuring 4 by 4 kilometres. It has a coastline, and that matters: the strip of maritime-terrestrial public domain is governed by its own rule, different from that of the rest of the municipality. Within its boundaries there are 5 protected areas, including Ile de Ré : Fier d'Ars. There, the rules on permitted uses are set by each area's own plan. It borders 2 municipalities, and the answer may change on crossing any of those lines.
| Superficie | 7 km² |
|---|---|
| Area | 4 × 4 km |
| Costa | sí, tiene frente marítimo |
| Protected areas | 5 |
| Neighbouring municipalities | 2 |
This municipality touches: Ile de Ré : Fier d'Ars, Ile de Ré : dunes et forêts littorales, Pertuis Charentais, Fier d'Ars et fosse de Loix, Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne.
5 protected areas within
Saint-Clément-des-Baleines touches 5 Natura 2000 sites.
- Ile de Ré : Fier d'Ars
- Ile de Ré : dunes et forêts littorales
- Pertuis Charentais
- Fier d'Ars et fosse de Loix
- Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
The national rule does not set a specific aggravating factor for these sites: each area's own rule governs.
Calculated by intersecting the municipality's polygon with the 27,172 Natura 2000 sites of the European Environment Agency. The site covers part of the municipality.
All the layers that apply
Why — the layers that apply here
municipality
Ordenanza de Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
- Scope: sur le domaine — stated within the quotation.
Arrêté municipal — Saint-Clément-des-Baleines Article 1 · verified on 2026-08-21
«Article 1 – OBJET DU REGLEMENT Le stationnement des autocaravanes ou camping-cars est interdit sur le domaine public de 23 heures à 7 heures.»
protected zone
4 areas: Ile de Ré : Fier d'Ars · Ile de Ré : dunes et forêts littorales · Pertuis Charentais · Fier d'Ars et fosse de Loix
Protected-area designation: the rule of the protected area applies here in addition to the municipal one, and it usually makes the penalty harsher.
country
France
Rule located, but its articles have not been verified: its content is not published until it has been read.
Where the line lies between parking, sleeping and camping
camping · France
Camping is forbidden outside a campsite or designated zone. What changes from one country to another is which gesture crosses the line:
- La libertad de acampar solo se reconoce fuera del dominio de las carreteras y de las vias publicas: la calzada, el arcen y sus dependencias quedan excluidos de esa libertad.
- Se exige el acuerdo de quien tiene el disfrute del suelo y queda a salvo, en su caso, la oposicion del propietario.
- La libertad se ejerce en las condiciones fijadas por la propia subseccion del codigo, es decir, con las prohibiciones de los articulos siguientes.
- El articulo R111-33 prohibe el camping practicado aisladamente y la creacion de terrenos de camping en las orillas del mar y en los sitios inscritos, en los sitios clasificados o en tramite de clasificacion, en el perimetro de los sitios patrimoniales notables y en los alrededores de los monumentos historicos, y en un radio de 200 metros alrededor de los puntos de captacion de agua para consumo, salvo las derogaciones que el propio articulo detalla para cada supuesto.
- El articulo R111-34 permite prohibir la practica del camping fuera de los terrenos habilitados en determinadas zonas mediante el plan local de urbanismo o por arrete del alcalde; la prohibicion solo es oponible si se ha hecho publica por edicto en el ayuntamiento y mediante paneles en los accesos habituales a las zonas afectadas.
- El articulo R111-47 considera caravana el vehiculo terrestre habitable destinado a una ocupacion temporal o estacional de ocio que conserva de forma permanente medios de movilidad, definicion que alcanza a la autocaravana, y los articulos R111-48 y R111-49 prohiben su instalacion, cualquiera que sea su duracion, en los sectores donde el camping aislado esta prohibido, en los bosques y parques clasificados como espacios boscosos a conservar y en los sectores donde el alcalde o el plan local han prohibido el camping.
Code de l'urbanisme (partie reglementaire) art. R111-32 · verified on 2026-09-05
«Le camping est librement pratiqué, hors de l'emprise des routes et voies publiques, dans les conditions fixées par la présente sous-section, avec l'accord de celui qui a la jouissance du sol, sous réserve, le cas échéant, de l'opposition du propriétaire.»
On the beach the answer is no even if the municipality is permissive: the prohibition is national and needs no sign.
Neighbouring municipalities
Near here
Les Portes-en-Ré · national ruleArs-en-Ré · national ruleLoix · national ruleLa Couarde-sur-Mer · national ruleSaint-Martin-de-Ré · national ruleLe Bois-Plage-en-Ré · national ruleLa Tranche-sur-Mer · national ruleLa Flotte · national ruleSainte-Marie-de-Ré · national ruleLongeville-sur-Mer · national rule
Adjoining municipalities with their rule. This site does not say where other people have slept: that is a different product.
Signage on site and the local authority prevail. This reproduces the written rule as of the date indicated: it is neither legal advice nor an authorisation.