Ushant

Ushant is a French at the southwestern end of the which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan . It belongs to and in medieval times, Léon.
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  • Type: Locality with 842 residents
  • Description: French commune in Finistère, Brittany
  • Also known as: 29155” and “Ouessant

Places of Interest

Highlights include Creach Point Light and Ushant Airport.

Lighthouse
Photo: Folork, CC BY 3.0.
Phare du Créac'h or Kreac'h lighthouse or Créac'h lighthouse is a lighthouse in Ushant, . It is the most powerful in Europe and one of the most powerful in the world.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
, is an serving the island of Ushant. It is located in the commune of Lampaul within the département of .

Island
is an island.

Ushant

Latitude
48.4553° or 48° 27′ 19″ north
Longitude
-5.0975° or 5° 5′ 51″ west
Population
842
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8CWPFW43+42
Geo­Names ID
6618260
Wiki­data ID
Q202378
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ushant” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Ouessant
  • Arabic: أوشا
  • Aragonese: Ouessant
  • Arpitan: Ouessant
  • Asturian: Ouessant
  • Bambara: Ouessant
  • Basque: Eusa
  • Basque: Ouessant
  • Basque: Ushant
  • Bavarian: Ouessant
  • Belarusian: Уэсан
  • Breton: Eusa
  • Buginese: Ushant
  • Cajun French: Ouessant
  • Catalan: Ouessant
  • Cebuano: Ouessant (munisipyo sa Pransiya)
  • Cebuano: Ouessant
  • Chechen: Уессан
  • Chinese: Ushant
  • Chinese: 韋桑
  • Chinese: 韦桑
  • Croatian: Ouessant
  • Czech: Ouessant
  • Danish: Ouessant
  • Dutch: Eusa
  • Dutch: Ouessant (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Ouessant
  • Dutch: Ushant
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوشا
  • Esperanto: Ouessant
  • Estonian: Ouessant
  • Faroese: Ouessant
  • Finnish: Ouessant
  • French: localité de Ouessant
  • French: Ouessant
  • Friulian: Ouessant
  • Galician: Ouessant
  • German: Ouessant
  • German: Ushant
  • Greek: Ουεσάν
  • Hebrew: אושנט
  • Hungarian: Ouessant
  • Icelandic: Ouessant
  • Ido: Ouessant
  • Indonesian: Ushant
  • Interlingua: Ouessant
  • Interlingue: Ouessant
  • Irish: Ouessant
  • Italian: Ouessant
  • Italian: Ushant
  • Jamaican Creole English: Ouessant
  • Japanese: アシャント岬
  • Japanese: ウェサン島
  • Kabyle: Ouessant
  • Kalaallisut: Ouessant
  • Kazakh: Уессан
  • Kongo: Ouessant
  • Korean: 우에상
  • Korean: 웨상
  • Kurdish: Ushant
  • Ladin: Ushant
  • Latin: Ouessant
  • Latin: Ouxisama
  • Latvian: Ouessant
  • Ligurian: Ouessant
  • Limburgan: Ouessant
  • Lithuanian: Ouessant
  • Low German: Ouessant
  • Luxembourgish: Ouessant
  • Macedonian: Уесан
  • Mainfränkisch: Ouessant
  • Malagasy: Ushant
  • Malay: Ushant
  • Manx: Enez Eusa
  • Manx: Eusa
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ushant
  • Minangkabau: Ouessant
  • Narom: Ouessant
  • Neapolitan: Ouessant
  • Northern Frisian: Île d’Ouessant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ouessant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ouessant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ushant
  • Norwegian: Ouessant
  • Occitan (post 1500): Eusa
  • Occitan (post 1500): Ouessant
  • Papiamento: Ouessant
  • Persian: یوشانت
  • Picard: Ouessant
  • Piemontese: Ouessant
  • Polish: Ouessant
  • Polish: Ushant
  • Portuguese: Ouessant
  • Prussian: Ouessant
  • Romagnol: Ouessant
  • Romanian: Ouessant
  • Romansh: Ouessant
  • Russian: Уэсан
  • Russian: Уэссан
  • Sardinian: Ouessant
  • Scots: Ushant
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ouessant
  • Serbian: Ouessant
  • Sicilian: Ouessant
  • Slovak: Ouessant (obec)
  • Slovak: Ouessant
  • Slovenian: Lampaul
  • Slovenian: Ouessant
  • Spanish: Ouessant
  • Spanish: Ushant
  • Swahili: Ouessant
  • Swedish: Ouessant
  • Swiss German: Ouessant
  • Tatar: Уессан
  • Tosk Albanian: Ouessant
  • Turkish: Ouessant
  • Ukrainian: Уесан
  • Ukrainian: Уессан
  • Uzbek: Ouessant
  • Venetian: Ouessant
  • Vietnamese: Ouessant
  • Vietnamese: Ushant
  • Vlaams: Ouessant
  • Volapük: Ouessant
  • Walloon: Ouessant
  • Waray (Philippines): Ouessant
  • Waray (Philippines): Ushant
  • Welsh: Ynys Eusa
  • Wolof: Ouessant
  • Yue Chinese: Ushant
  • Zulu: Ouessant
  • Ouessant

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