Houat
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Île-d'Houat
Enez-Houad | |
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Coordinates: 47°23′25″N 2°57′22″W / 47.3903°N 2.9561°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Quiberon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008—2014) | Joseph Le Gurun |
Area 1 | 2.91 km2 (1.12 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 216 |
• Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56086 /56170 |
Elevation | 0–42 m (0–138 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Houat (Breton: Enez Houad; French: Île d'Houat) is a French island off the south coast of Brittany in the department of Morbihan. It is located, along with two other major islands, in the entrance to the Baie de Quiberon. Its "twin sister" island is Hoëdic.
Administratively, Île-d'Houat is a commune of the Morbihan department.
Geography
5 km (3.1 mi) long, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) at the widest. The island is mostly granite cliffs except for a long beach lined with dunes on the eastern coast.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Île-d'Houat are called Houatais.
Miscellaneous
Houat is the setting for Iain Pears' 2005 novel The Portrait.
See also
- Communes of the Morbihan department
- HMS Macbeth (1906), a minesweeper that was sold into civil service post-World War I and was lost in 1930 near Île-d'Houat.[2]
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Macbeth 1906 HMS - Auxiliary Minesweeper - ClydeMaritime Forums - www.clydemaritime.co.uk
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Île-d'Houat.
- (in French) Getting there
- (in French) French Ministry of Culture list for Île-d'Houat