Île de Boëdic

Is Île de Boëdic for sale, and how much does it cost?

Île de Boëdic is a 17.3 acres private island in Gulf of Morbihan (Brittany), France. It is not currently on the market (a past-sale benchmark we track): Past sale · editorial benchmark. Tenure is freehold. Foreign ownership is permitted subject to local approvals. This is an editorial profile drawn from public record, clearly attributed, not our listing.

Summary

In the sheltered Gulf of Morbihan off Vannes, Île de Boëdic is a developed Breton island estate that gained note as the retreat of the late lawyer Olivier Metzner, who bought it in 2010. Following his death it was offered at around seven million euros and has since passed into the brokerage archive, so it is profiled here as a recent-market record rather than a live listing. Its seven and a half acres carry a manor house, guest house, gatehouse and a converted chapel amid prime sailing waters. The appeal is heritage and position within one of France's finest cruising grounds.

Land & Waterfront

The island's roughly seventeen acres sit within the calm, island-strewn Gulf of Morbihan, a celebrated sailing destination where the Atlantic tides fill a near-enclosed sea. The grounds are landscaped around the historic buildings and include the well-known nineteenth-century Le Moine rock sculpture on the shore. The gulf's protected waters and countless anchorages make it a sailor's setting par excellence, with easy small-boat movement to Vannes and the surrounding islands. The land itself is gentle and green, the estate framed by water on every side yet close to the mainland.

Access & Utilities

Access is by boat across a short stretch from the mainland near Vannes, with Lorient and Nantes airports serving longer-distance travel. As a renovated estate, refurbished around 2011, it carries connected services and the domestic infrastructure of a substantial private residence, including scope for staff. Because it was maintained as a high-end home rather than a working island, a buyer would inherit a serviced property, subject to confirming the current condition and status given its move into the archive. Coastal and heritage rules would govern any further change.

Ownership & Use

French freeholdOutright ownership of the land itself, indefinitely — the strongest form of title. is open to foreign buyers without a nationality bar, and EU capital-movement rules assist EEA purchasers. The estate's natural use is as a private residence within a premier sailing region, with the heritage buildings and the chapel-turned-music-hall lending real character. As an archived listing, its present availability and pricing would need to be re-established directly, and any works would engage the loi Littoral and possible heritage protections. For a buyer drawn to Brittany's cruising waters, it stands as a benchmark for what the Morbihan offers.

Provenance

Traced from 17th-century Breton gentry (Rolland Bonnefoy, sieur de Couëdic, holding the island by 1655) through clerical, noble and bourgeois hands — Abbey Ragat de Vannes, Chevalier de Moncant, the Le Gouvello du Tymat/Quifistre de Bavalan family, then three generations of the Panckoucke family — into 20th-century private ownership culminating in the oyster-farming Goupy family (1947-2010). Paris lawyer Olivier Metzner bought the island in 2010 and died there in 2013; his estate sold it in 2015 to Fiducial group chairman Christian Latouche, who remained the reported owner as of late 2025.

Specification

Status	Archive
Offering	For sale
Region	Northern Europe · Gulf of Morbihan (Brittany)
Country	France
Size	17.3 acres · 7.5 ha
Tenure	Freehold
Access	boat
Nearest airport	Lorient and Nantes airports serve the region
Power	connected
Water	connected
Communications	broadband
Structures	manor house (887 sq m combined across the five buildings), Breton longere, guest house, gatehouse, converted chapel
Foreign ownership	Permitted (see notes)

Price record

Documented public figures over time — asking prices, reported sales and reductions, each attributed. This record is maintained editorially and may lag the market.

The full traced record — ownership lineage and every dated event back to the earliest public mention — is in The Ledger, for members.

Legal & Ownership Notes

No nationality bar to French freehold; EU capital-movement rules apply

Zoning: France's loi Littoral governs coastal development; heritage buildings may carry protection

• confirm current market status (archived/sold)
• verify loi Littoral and any heritage listings
• review foreshore and mooring rights

Satellite reference: ESRI World Imagery / Google Earth — Ile de Boedic, Gulf of Morbihan, France.

Common questions

How much does Île de Boëdic cost?

Île de Boëdic is profiled at: Past sale · editorial benchmark. Figures reflect public record at time of writing and may change; the profile keeps a dated price record.

What tenure does Île de Boëdic have?

Île de Boëdic is held on freehold tenure. Always confirm the exact instrument and any remaining term on the title.

Can a foreigner buy Île de Boëdic?

Foreign buyers may own property here subject to local approvals. No nationality bar to French freehold; EU capital-movement rules apply

How do you get to Île de Boëdic?

Access is by boat. Nearest airport: Lorient and Nantes airports serve the region.

How big is Île de Boëdic?

Île de Boëdic is approximately 17.3 acres (7.5 hectares).