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Built against an English attack, it served in turn as a secular school (1881), an iodine works (1892-1930) and a sailing school before its restoration in 2018-2019. Listed since 2000.
The fort — Morbihan Tourismmorbihan.com→An upturned-hull roof frame, a fish-shaped weathervane and votive ships hanging in the nave: the 1853 church is an open book on the life of Hoëdic's sailors.
History of Hoëdicinfobretagne.com→Listed monuments since 12 June 1926, the 4.10 m Christianised menhir and the neighbouring dolmen bear witness to five millennia of occupation.
For two centuries the rector was at once the island's priest, mayor and judge, settling trade, mutual aid and disputes — an island theocracy shared with Houat, the twin sister.
A thousand years of history — Melvanmelvan.org→The Saint-Goustan patronal festival gathers the island in late November; sheep's-wool pompoms remain the emblematic souvenir, and the Melvan association, based on Hoëdic, publishes the annual 'Revue des deux îles'.
Melvan associationmelvan.org→Photo : DURAND Nicolas, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons