Houat
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Commune of Île-d'Houat |
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| Enez-Houad | ||
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| The island of Houat | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Lorient | |
| Canton | Quiberon | |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2007 | |
| Mayor | Joseph Le Gurun (1995-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–42 m (avg. 27 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 2.91 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
335 | |
| - Density | 115/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 56086/ 56170 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Houat (Enez Houad in Breton) is a little island off the south coast of Brittany in the French département of Morbihan. It is located, at , 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 département.
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[edit] Geography
5 km long, 1.5 km at the widest. The island is mostly granite cliffs except for a long beach lined with dunes on the eastern coast.
[edit] Demographics
Inhabitants of Île-d'Houat are called Houatais.
As of the census of 1999, the village has a population of 335.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Houat is the setting for Iain Pears' 2005 novel The Portrait.
[edit] External links
- Getting there (in French)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Île-d'Houat (French)
- Map of Île-d'Houat on Michelin (English)
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