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Explore Ile-d'Houat in France

Ile-d'Houat in the region of Bretagne is a town in France - some 265 mi or ( 426 km ) South-West of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Ile-d'Houat is now 06:25 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vannes, Samzun, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Malo, and Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vannes . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ile-d'Houat ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Houat 1960 Bulot (1)

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Départ de Houat de l'Abbé Bulot en 1960. Part .1 www.verdieditions.com ..

Houat 1960 Bulot (6)

2:23 min by Aveline112
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Départ de Houat de l'Abbé Bulot en 1960. Part .6 www.verdieditions.com ..


Houat 1960 Bulot (4)

1:57 min by Aveline112
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Départ de Houat de l'Abbé Bulot en 1960. Part .4 www.verdieditions.com ..

Houat 1960 Bulot (5)

3:41 min by Aveline112
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Départ de Houat de l'Abbé Bulot en 1960. Part .5 www.verdieditions.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

French battleship France

France was the last ship of the Courbet-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed just before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, covering the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic. France, accompanied by her sister ship Jean Bart, was sent to the Black Sea in 1919 to oppose the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.

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Located at 47.45 -3.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1912 ships, Courbet-class battleships, Maritime incidents in 1922, Shipwrecks of the Biscay coast, World War I battleships of France

Battle of Quiberon Bay

The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. Nazaire. The British Admiral Sir Edward Hawke with 24 ships of the line caught up with a French fleet with 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans and, after hard fighting, sank, captured, or forced aground six of them and dispersed the rest, giving the Royal Navy one of its greatest victories, as part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.

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Located at 47.52 -3.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Bay of Biscay, Conflicts in 1759, Military history of Brittany, Naval battles of the Seven Years' War

Rhuys Peninsula

The Rhuys Peninsula is located in the département of Morbihan in the Bretagne région of northwestern France. Three communes are located on the peninsula: Sarzeau, the largest one, covering 50% of the area of the peninsula Arzon

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Located at 47.52 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Geography of Brittany, Geography of Morbihan, Peninsulas of France

Locmariaquer megaliths

The Locmariaquer megaliths are a complex of Neolithic constructions in Locmariaquer, Brittany. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the "Table des Marchand" (Merchant's Table) and "The Broken Menhir of Er Grah", the largest known single block of stone to have been transported and erected by Neolithic man.

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Located at 47.57 -2.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Megalithic monuments in France

Er Lannic

Er Lannic is a small island in the commune of Arzon, in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France. Er Lannic is a bird reserve and also the site of two stone circles, the southern of which is submerged.

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Located at 47.57 -2.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Brittany, Geography of Morbihan, Islands of France