Hœdic

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Hœdic
Edig
Hœdic (France)
Hœdic
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Quiberon
Community association Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Coordinates 47 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 53 ′  W
height 0-22 m
surface 2.08 km 2
Residents 99 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56170
INSEE code 56085
Website www.hoedic.net

Street in Hœdic
Location of the island

Hœdic (Breton: Edig ) is a French commune with 99 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Lorient and the Canton of Quiberon .

geography

The municipality is located on the Île d'Hœdic , a small granite island in the Bay of Biscay , in southern Brittany . There are no other communities on the island. The municipality also includes the small island group of Les Grands Cardinaux in the southeast with the Phare des Grands Cardinaux lighthouse . The two most important ports on the island are Port Argol in the north and Port de la Croix in the south.

history

The community was founded in 1891, before it was incorporated into Le Palais on the neighboring island of Belle-Île . In 1931 it had 417 inhabitants who lived mainly from the shrimp fishing . The French archaeologist Saint-Just Péquart describes the inhabitants as lazy and lackluster, and there is not a single craftsman to be found on the island. The women are not even engaged in needlework and their kitchen is very rudimentary. The island shows old traces of the fields, but only potatoes and no grain are grown, the mill and the community oven have meanwhile disintegrated. In winter, the island is often cut off from the outside world for weeks.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 191 147 126 140 117 111 113

traffic

Hœdic is connected to the neighboring island of Île d'Houat and the mainland at Quiberon by ferry boats . There are some additional connections in the summer season.

Attractions

Excavations

In 1931 and 1934, Saint-Just Péquart (1881-1944) excavated a burial ground from the late Mesolithic , which was located in a pile of shells. It rests on a small spur on the northwest tip of the island. The shell heap also contained hearths made of stone slabs. 14 graves with all kinds of grave goods were found.

  • Hœdic

  • Rainbow over Hœdic

  • Dolmen de la Croix on Hoëdic

  • Shell necklace by Hœdic in the Museum of Carnac

  • Menhir de la Vierge on Hoëdic

  • Phare des Grands Cardinaux lighthouse

literature

  • Saint-Just Péquart: La nécropole mésolithique de l'Île d'Hœdic . L'Anthropologie 94 / 1-2, 1932.
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 838-841.

Web links

Commons : Hœdic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dolmen de la Croix and Menhir de la Vierge in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Fort Louis-Philippe in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Phare des Grands Cardinaux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)