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Chausey Islands, Îles Chausey
Îles Chausey›Manche›Normandy›Northern France›France
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About Chausey Islands
The Chausey archipelago lies 17 km off the coast of Granville in Normandy and ranks as Europe's largest island chain by low-tide surface area. At high tide, around 50 islands emerge from the sea; when the water recedes by up to 15 meters, the count rises to 365 rocky outcrops scattered across more than 5,000 hectares. Grande-Île, the only inhabited island with about 30 permanent residents, features an 8 km coastal trail connecting small beaches, a 19th-century lighthouse, and a quiet fishing village.
For centuries, granite quarried from Chausey built some of Normandy's greatest monuments. Monks from Mont-Saint-Michel began extracting stone here as early as the 11th century, and the rock later paved Baron Haussmann's Paris sidewalks and reconstructed Saint-Malo's walls after World War II. At the industry's peak in the 19th century, up to 500 Breton stonecutters lived in temporary villages across 37 islets.
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