Île d’Ouessant

E620473

commune of France island

Île d’Ouessant is a remote, windswept island off the western tip of Brittany in France, known for its dramatic cliffs, powerful lighthouses, and maritime heritage.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ouessant	1
Ouessant archipelago (offshore)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France ⓘ island ⓘ
adminCentreOf	commune of Ouessant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ouessant NERFINISHED ⓘ Ushant NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	about 15.6 square kilometres ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
distanceFromMainland	about 20 kilometres off the Breton coast ⓘ
economy	fishing ⓘ sheep farming ⓘ tourism ⓘ
elevationMax	about 60 metres ⓘ
fauna	Ouessant sheep NERFINISHED ⓘ
geography	dramatic cliffs ⓘ rocky coastline ⓘ windswept landscape ⓘ
hasLighthouse	Phare de Nividic NERFINISHED ⓘ Phare du Créac’h NERFINISHED ⓘ Phare du Stiff NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyLighthouse	Phare de Kéréon NERFINISHED ⓘ Phare de la Jument NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Ushant (1778) occurred in nearby waters ⓘ Battle of Ushant (1781) occurred in nearby waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Ushant (1794) occurred in nearby waters NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	site of numerous shipwrecks ⓘ
knownFor	maritime heritage ⓘ powerful lighthouses ⓘ rough seas ⓘ strong currents ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ Finistère NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroise Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ
locatedOff	western tip of Brittany ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Pointe Saint-Mathieu NERFINISHED ⓘ
maritimeRole	important point for North Atlantic shipping lanes ⓘ marks southern entrance to the English Channel ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Breton ⓘ
nativeName	Enez Eusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	Créac’h lighthouse is one of the most powerful lighthouses in the world NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	department of Finistère NERFINISHED ⓘ region of Brittany ⓘ
population	around 800 inhabitants ⓘ
populationTrend	declining ⓘ
protectedStatus	part of Parc naturel marin d’Iroise ⓘ part of UNESCO biosphere reserve Iroise Sea ⓘ
transport	ferry connections with mainland Brittany ⓘ small airfield ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finistère → contains → Île d’Ouessant ⓘ

Crozon Peninsula → hasViewOf → Île d’Ouessant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ouessant archipelago (offshore)

Ushant → hasNameInFrench → Île d’Ouessant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ouessant