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Houat (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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.

GeographyEdit

Template:Convert long, Template:Convert at the widest. The island is mostly granite cliffs except for a long beach lined with dunes on the eastern coast.

DemographicsEdit

Inhabitants of Île-d'Houat are called Houatais.

MiscellaneousEdit

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

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