Quémènès
Quémènès or Quemenes (French: Île de Quémènès; Breton: Kemenez) is an island in the Molène Archipelago in the Atlantic off Brittany, France. As of 2023, it has a population of 3. It is administered as part of the commune of Le Conquet, St-Renan Canton, Brest Arrondissement, in Finistère Department.
Native name: Kemenez | |
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The farm on Quémènès as seen from the south | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Iroise Sea, Celtic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 48°22′25″N 4°53′58″W |
| Archipelago | Molène Archipelago |
| Area | 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Coastline | 3.42 km (2.125 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistere |
| Commune | Le Conquet |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3 (2023) |
| Languages | French |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) | |
| Official website | quemenes.bzh |
History
In 1292, two sailors, one Norman and one Bayonnais, quarreled over who would draw water from a well on the island first.[1] The dispute ended in murder, probably of the Norman, and other Norman and French sailors began to assault Aquitainian & English shipping and ports.[1] This eventually escalated into the 1294–1303 Gascon War,[1] which ended in a general return to the status quo but whose financing provoked a clerical crisis leading to the Avignon Papacy and whose settlement terms produced the marriage leading to the Hundred Years' War.
Geography
Quémènès lies 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Molène, the chief island of the archipelago.
References
Citations
- Heebøll-Holm (2013), p. 83.
Bibliography
- Heebøll-Holm, Thomas K. (2013), "Guerra Maritima", Ports, Piracy, and Maritime War: Piracy in the English Channel and the Atlantic, c. 1280–c. 1330, Medieval Law and Its Practice, Vol. 15, Leiden: Brill, pp. 83–126, JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctv4cbhhw.9.