Houat

Island and commune in Brittany, France

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Commune in Brittany, France

Île-d'Houat

Enez-Houad

Commune

The harbour in Houat

Coat of arms

Location of Île-d'Houat

Île-d'Houat

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Coordinates: 47°23′25″N 2°57′22″W﻿ / ﻿47.3903°N 2.9561°W﻿ / 47.3903; -2.9561
Country| France
Region| Brittany
Department| Morbihan
Arrondissement| Lorient
Canton| Quiberon
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Philippe Le Fur[1]
Area

| 2.91 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population

(Jan. 2020)[2]

| 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, French pronunciation: [il dwat]) 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[edit]

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[edit]

Inhabitants of Île-d'Houat are called Houatais.

## Miscellaneous[edit]

Houat is the setting for Iain Pears' 2005 novel The Portrait.

## See also[edit]

* Communes of the Morbihan department

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
2. ^ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

## External links[edit]

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

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Communes of the Morbihan department

* Allaire
* Ambon
* Arradon
* Arzal
* Arzon
* Augan
* Auray
* Baden
* Bangor
* Baud
* Béganne
* Beignon
* Belz
* Berné
* Berric
* Bignan
* Billiers
* Billio
* Bohal
* Le Bono
* Brandérion
* Brandivy
* Brech
* Bréhan
* Brignac
* Bubry
* Buléon
* Caden
* Calan
* Camoël
* Camors
* Campénéac
* Carentoir
* Carnac
* Caro
* Caudan
* La Chapelle-Neuve
* Cléguer
* Cléguérec
* Colpo
* Concoret
* Cournon
* Le Cours
* Crac'h
* Crédin
* Le Croisty
* La Croix-Helléan
* Cruguel
* Damgan
* Elven
* Erdeven
* Étel
* Évellys
* Évriguet
* Le Faouët
* Férel
* Forges de Lanouée
* Les Fougerêts
* La Gacilly
* Gâvres
* Gestel
* Gourhel
* Gourin
* Grand-Champ
* La Grée-Saint-Laurent
* Groix
* Guégon
* Guéhenno
* Gueltas
* Guémené-sur-Scorff
* Guénin
* Guer
* Guern
* Le Guerno
* Guidel
* Guillac
* Guilliers
* Guiscriff
* Helléan
* Hennebont
* Le Hézo
* Hœdic
* Houat
* Île-aux-Moines
* Île-d'Arz
* Inguiniel
* Inzinzac-Lochrist
* Josselin
* Kerfourn
* Kergrist
* Kernascléden
* Kervignac
* Landaul
* Landévant
* Lanester
* Langoëlan
* Langonnet
* Languidic
* Lantillac
* Lanvaudan
* Lanvénégen
* Larmor-Baden
* Larmor-Plage
* Larré
* Lauzach
* Lignol
* Limerzel
* Lizio
* Locmalo
* Locmaria
* Locmaria-Grand-Champ
* Locmariaquer
* Locminé
* Locmiquélic
* Locoal-Mendon
* Locqueltas
* Lorientsubpr
* Loyat
* Malansac
* Malestroit
* Malguénac
* Marzan
* Mauron
* Melrand
* Ménéac
* Merlevenez
* Meslan
* Meucon
* Missiriac
* Mohon
* Molac
* Monteneuf
* Monterblanc
* Montertelot
* Moréac
* Moustoir-Ac
* Muzillac
* Néant-sur-Yvel
* Neulliac
* Nivillac
* Nostang
* Noyal-Muzillac
* Noyal-Pontivy
* Le Palais
* Péaule
* Peillac
* Pénestin
* Persquen
* Plaudren
* Plescop
* Pleucadeuc
* Pleugriffet
* Ploemel
* Ploemeur
* Ploërdut
* Ploeren
* Ploërmel
* Plouay
* Plougoumelen
* Plouharnel
* Plouhinec
* Plouray
* Pluherlin
* Plumelec
* Pluméliau-Bieuzy
* Plumelin
* Plumergat
* Pluneret
* Pluvigner
* Pontivysubpr
* Pont-Scorff
* Porcaro
* Port-Louis
* Priziac
* Questembert
* Quéven
* Quiberon
* Quistinic
* Radenac
* Réguiny
* Réminiac
* Riantec
* Rieux
* La Roche-Bernard
* Rochefort-en-Terre
* Rohan
* Roudouallec
* Ruffiac
* Le Saint
* Saint-Abraham
* Saint-Aignan
* Saint-Allouestre
* Saint-Armel
* Saint-Avé
* Saint-Barthélemy
* Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron
* Saint-Caradec-Trégomel
* Saint-Congard
* Saint-Dolay
* Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
* Sainte-Brigitte
* Sainte-Hélène
* Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec
* Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
* Saint-Gonnery
* Saint-Gorgon
* Saint-Gravé
* Saint-Guyomard
* Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
* Saint-Jean-Brévelay
* Saint-Jean-la-Poterie
* Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust
* Saint-Léry
* Saint-Malo-de-Beignon
* Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines
* Saint-Marcel
* Saint-Martin-sur-Oust
* Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre
* Saint-Nolff
* Saint-Perreux
* Saint-Philibert
* Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
* Saint-Servant
* Saint-Thuriau
* Saint-Tugdual
* Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust
* Sarzeau
* Sauzon
* Séglien
* Séné
* Sérent
* Silfiac
* Le Sourn
* Sulniac
* Surzur
* Taupont
* Théhillac
* Theix-Noyalo
* Le Tour-du-Parc
* Tréal
* Trédion
* Treffléan
* Tréhorenteuc
* La Trinité-Porhoët
* La Trinité-sur-Mer
* La Trinité-Surzur
* Val d'Oust
* Vannespref
* La Vraie-Croix

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* subpr: subprefecture

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