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.

Quémènès

Native name: Kemenez
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
France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistere
Commune	Le Conquet
Demographics
Population	3 (2023)
Languages	French
Additional information
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 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 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

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, vol. 15, Leiden: Brill, pp. 83–126, JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctv4cbhhw.9.