TRACKS: LES SABLES-D’OLONNE

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LES SABLES-D’OLONNE

Not to be confused with Puits d’Enfer

Description Street track used in two different layouts from 1951 to 1956

Location Les Sables-d’Olonne
85 - Vendée - Pays de la Loire

Location Les Sables d’Olonne town center, between Nantes and La Rochelle

Latitude - Longitude + 46°29'05"     - 1°45'39"
46.484722     -1.760833

UTM Coordinates X = 595109.879  -  Y = 5148651.638  -  Zone 30T

Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - GéoPortail

Altitude AMSL 17 m - 56 ft

Inauguration 1951

Closing 1956

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Forum Forum --> Europe --> France --> FRA - Puits d’Enfer & Les Sables d’Olonne [ENG]
(2) www.atlasf1.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1343318#post1343318 Autosport.com Bulletin Board --> The Nostalgia Forum --> Confusion at Las Sables
(3) www.milermeter.com/?r=3053863 Track layout
(4) www.milermeter.com/?r=3053869 Track layout
(5) www.panoramio.com (...) Photos by Roelard Smit

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Les Sables-d’Olonne
Description
Years	1951÷1952
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	1951
Closing	1952
Last update of this page	August 30^th 2009
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Avenue Rhin et Danube - Route du Tour - Avenue du Lac - Boulevard du President J.F. Kennedy - Avenue de Tanchet - Place de Schwabach
length	2277 m	7470 ft	1.415 mi		(2)
length	2405 m	7892 ft	1.495 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(4)

Les Sables-d’Olonne
Description
Years	1953÷1956
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	1953
Closing	1956
Last update of this page	August 30^th 2009
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Avenue Rhin et Danube - Route du Tour - Avenue du Lac - Boulevard du President J.F. Kennedy - Avenue Paul Doumer - Place de Schwabach
length	2980 m	9777 ft	1.852 mi		(2)
length	2985 m	9794 ft	1.855 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(3)

Les Sables-d’Olonne

Les Sables-d’Olonne 1951÷1952

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Maps - Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Les Sables-d’Olonne 1953÷1956

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Maps - Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Location: + 46°29'05", - 1°45'39"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates

Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note

August 30^th 2009 Guido de Carli Roelard Smit Roelard Smit Update Description with map

August 30^th 2009 Guido de Carli Roelard Smit New Photos (link)

July 17^th 2003 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli New Description with map

July 16^th 2003 Guido de Carli New Description

August 19^th 2002 Guido de Carli Update Description

Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
August 30^th 2009			Guido de Carli	Roelard Smit	Roelard Smit	Update	Description with map
August 30^th 2009			Guido de Carli		Roelard Smit	New	Photos (link)
July 17^th 2003			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
July 16^th 2003			Guido de Carli			New	Description
August 19^th 2002			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list