Houat

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.

Île-d'Houat Enez-Houad
Commune
The harbour in Houat
Coat of arms
Location of Île-d'Houat
Île-d'Houat Île-d'Houat
Coordinates: 47°23′25″N 2°57′22″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Le Fur[1]
Area ^1	2.91 km^2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	231
• Density	79/km^2 (210/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[3]

References

1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Macbeth 1906 HMS - Auxiliary Minesweeper - ClydeMaritime Forums - www.clydemaritime.co.uk

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)