Groix

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Coordinates: 47°38′22″N 3°27′13″W / 47.63944, -3.45361

Commune of Groix
Groe
Port Tudy, main harbor of Groix island
Location
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Coordinates 47°38′22″N 3°27′13″W / 47.63944, -3.45361
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Groix (chief town)
Intercommunality C.A. du Pays de Lorient
Mayor Eric Regenermel
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–48 m
Land area¹ 14.82 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2,275
 - Density 154/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 56069/ 56590
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Groix (Île de Groix) (Enez Groe in Breton) is an island in Morbihan, Brittany, in the northwestern France. The island is 8 km. long and 3 km. wide with an area of 15 km² and a population of 2,275 (1999). Groix island lies a few kilometres of the coast off Lorient. Several ferries a day run from Lorient to Groix.

There are a few small towns on the island. High cliffs are on its north coast and sandy beaches in secluded coves on the south coast. Groix is also home to a wide variety of sea birds.

The geology of Groix is very different of the nearby continent, to the point that the east and south coast are declared a mineral nature reserve since 1982. More than 60 minerals can be found on the island, particularly blue glaucophane (that can be observe on surface), epidote or garnet. The whole island mainly consists of schist.

Administratively, Groix is a commune of the Morbihan département.

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[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Groix are called Groisillons.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,275.

Groix island.
Groix island.

[edit] Bibliography

  • "Gildas, the cabin boy from Groix" 2007 by the sudents of College Saint Tudy-ile de Groix-*[1]

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