Quémènès Explained

Quémènès
Native Name:Kemenez
Native Name Lang:br
Coordinates:48.3736°N -4.8994°W
Location:Iroise Sea, Celtic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago:Molène Archipelago
Area Km2:0.3
Length Km:1.6
Width Km:0.4
Coastline Km:3.42
Elevation M:13
Country:France
Country Admin Divisions Title:Region
Country Admin Divisions:Brittany
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Department
Country Admin Divisions 1:Finistere
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Commune
Country Admin Divisions 2:Le Conquet
Population:3
Population As Of:2023
Languages:French
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Website:quemenes.bzh

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.

History

In 1292, two sailors, one Norman and one Bayonnais, quarreled over who would draw water from a well on the island first. The dispute ended in murder, probably of the Norman, and other Norman and French sailors began to assault Aquitainian & English shipping and ports. This eventually escalated into the 1294–1303 Gascon War, which ended in a general return to the Latin: [[status quo ante bellum|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 2nmi from Molène, the chief island of the archipelago.

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