Port

Hennebont

Name: Hennebont
Address: Hennebont, FR
Telephone: +33 7 80 49 61 38

Hennebont, FranceMorbihan

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Maximum length: 15 m

River port on the Blavet at Hennebont, 4.5 nm upstream from Lorient in south Brittany.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Up the Blavet from the Lorient roadstead, passing Kergroise commercial port and the tidal reach. Navigation subject to tide, the river becomes narrow and winding past Saint-Caradec. Air draught limited by the road and railway bridges above Lorient, check the local heights before heading upstream.

Practical

Pontoons along the left bank in the town centre. Fuel station listed on site. Town centre shops, bakery and supermarket within 300 m.

Ashore

Remparts and Porte Broërec'h, a 13th century fortified gate and ramparts of the medieval walled town, 200 m from the quay. Haras national d'Hennebont, one of the last working national studs in France, 1 km east. Basilique Notre-Dame du Paradis, flamboyant gothic, 16th century, 300 m.

History

Hennebont stood through a celebrated siege in 1342 during the War of the Breton Succession, when Jeanne de Flandre defended the town against French forces. The ramparts still trace the line of the medieval enceinte.