Molène

Île-Molène
Île-Molène; Molenez
	Commune
	A general view of Molène
	Location of Île-Molène
	Île-Molène Île-Molène
	Coordinates: 48°23′50″N 4°57′20″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Saint-Renan
Intercommunality	Pays d'Iroise
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Masson
Area 1	0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)	214
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29084 /29259
Elevation	0–26 m (0–85 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Molène (Breton: Molenez) is an island off the west coast of Brittany and one of the Ponant Islands, the largest of an archipelago of some twenty islands. Administratively, it is part of a commune of the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France, the commune of Île-Molène, which also comprises several neighbouring islets.

Geography

The island is small, less than 1 by 0.9 km (0.56 mi), and has an area of 75 hectares. The community and only port are located to the east of the island, opposite a small island called the Lédénes of Molène that becomes connected at low tide.

Population

Inhabitants of Île-Molène are called in French Molénais. The population has declined in recent decades, but Molène remains inhabited, with a population of 169 (2013 census).

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	596	—
1968	527	−11.6%
1975	397	−24.7%
1982	330	−16.9%
1990	277	−16.1%
1999	264	−4.7%
2008	214	−18.9%
2013	169	−21.0%

Amenities

The island's electricity is produced by a small diesel generator. Potable water supplies are from rainwater catchment, with each household additionally maintaining its own cistern.

A local delicacy is Molène sausage, which has the distinction of being smoked with seaweed.

gollark: OH NO I DO ABBREVIATE THAT WAY ÆÆÆÆ

gollark: Which I don't anyway, so it's fine.

gollark: Nobody else will use Minoteaur, so I *can* just not abbreviate that way.

gollark: oh 🐝.

gollark: Or in some anomalous cases "ending a sentence with a quotation, which English has bad rules for."

References

External links

Official website (in French)
French Ministry of Culture list for Île-Molène (in French)

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