Pointe des Émigrés, Cape in Vannes, France

Pointe des Émigrés is a protected natural site of about 30 hectares, including 10 hectares of marsh, in the Conleau district of Vannes along the Marle. It rises to 11 metres and combines marsh, heathland, pine wood, salt meadows, mudflats and grassland. About 3 kilometres of footpaths cross it, bordered in places by short wooden posts, with water and a wooded far shore beyond.

In 1795, 748 émigré prisoners from the failed Quiberon expedition were shot in Morbihan; the staff was executed on 28 July at the butte de la Garenne in Vannes, and 374 others around the city, some at the Ermitage de Keravelo near Kerero. The site, called Pointe Kérero in the 18th century, took its present name from these executions.

The name carries memory of those who died here during the Revolution, connecting visitors to a somber moment in French history. Walking through the site today, people encounter this past through the landscape itself.

The site is open year-round with clearly marked paths that make it easy to move around and spot birds. Spring and autumn are the best times to visit, when migrating birds pass through the area.

On the coast, two rocks were slightly reshaped and now show the chubby profiles of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Visitors often walk past them without looking at the outlines.