Houat

French commune
nomcommune=Île-d'Houat
native_name=Enez-Houad


caption=The island of Houat


x = 40
y = 108
lat_long=coord|47|23|27|N|2|57|15|W|region:FR_type:city
région= Bretagne
département= Morbihan
arrondissement=Lorient
canton= Quiberon
insee=56086|cp=56170
maire=Joseph Le Gurun
mandat=1995-2008
intercomm="none as of 2007"
alt moy= 27 m|alt mini=0 m|alt maxi=42 m
hectares= 291
km²=2.91
sans=335
date-sans=1999
dens=115
date-dens=1999

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 coord|47|23|N|2|58|W, 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".

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.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Île-d'Houat are called "Houatais".

As of the census of 1999, the village has a population of formatnum:335.

Miscellaneous

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

External links

* [http://www.smnn-navigation.fr/fr/houat/ile_f.php Getting there] (in French)
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=56086 French Ministry of Culture list for Île-d'Houat] fr icon
* [http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?strAddress=&strCP=56170&strLocation=Île-d'Houat&strCountry=1424&image2.x=28&image2.y=7 Map of Île-d'Houat on Michelin] en icon