Port

Port de Malestroit

Name: Port de Malestroit
Address: Malestroit, FR

3.8Malestroit, FranceMorbihan

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Type: Harbour

Inland port on the canal de Nantes à Brest at Malestroit, a medieval town in the Morbihan 40 km north-east of Vannes.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached from the tidal Vilaine at Redon via the Oust and the canal. Locks 35 to 42 between Redon and Malestroit, maximum draught 1.40 m, airdraft 2.60 m at high water level. Current slight on the ponded reach.

Practical

Quayside mooring with water and electricity bollards, capitainerie seasonal. Space along the quay is tight and the number of berths is limited. Bakery, grocery and restaurants within 200 m in the old town, though most shops close on Mondays. Nearest alternative moorings at Saint-Martin-sur-Oust 6.2 nm south-east and Peillac 8.6 nm south-east.

Ashore

Medieval old town with half-timbered houses of the 15th and 16th centuries around Place du Bouffay, 150 m from the quay. Église Saint-Gilles with Romanesque portal and carved wooden porch from the 12th and 16th centuries. Resistance museum of Saint-Marcel 5 km away commemorates the 1944 battle.

History

Malestroit was granted a charter in 987 and became one of the nine baronies of Brittany. The Treaty of Malestroit was signed here in 1343, a truce in the War of the Breton Succession between France and England.