Fort Énet (, also spelled ''fort Énet'' in French) is a fortification in the

Pertuis d'Antioche The Pertuis d'Antioche (, ''Passage of Antioch'') is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France, between two islands, Île de Ré and Oléron, on the one side, and on the other side the continental coast between the cities of La Rochelle and ...

, in Charente-Maritime,

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. It is located on the "Pointe de la Fumée", the roadway extending from the city of

Fouras Fouras, also known as Fouras-les-Bains (), is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes). It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle. Geography Fouras is on ...

, between Fouras and

Île-d'Aix Île-d'Aix () is a commune and an island in the Charente-Maritime department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), off the west coast of France. It occupies the territory of the small Isle of Aix (''île d'Aix''), in the ...

, and can be accessed from there at low tide. Fort Énet formed a line of fortification with Fort Boyard and Fort de la Rade on Île-d'Aix, designed to protect the arsenal of Rochefort from

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incursions.''The Companion Guide to Gascony and the Dordogne'' Richard Barber p.5

/ref> The building of the fort was started in 1810 by

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, following the devastating 1809 Battle of the Basque Roads. The Fort can be reached on foot at low tide, and can be visited. Fort Enet is listed as a

Monument Historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of the French architectural patrimony maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00132807. File:Fort Enet from Ile d Oleron.jpg, Fort Énet from the

Island of Oléron An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

. File:Pointe de la Fumée(6).jpg, Fort Enet at low tide, with Fort Boyard (left) and Fort de la Rade on

(right) in the background. File:Fort Énet 001.jpg, Fort Enet from the bay of

. File:Internal structure of Fort Enet.jpg, Internal structure of Fort Énet. File:Inside of Fort Enet.jpg, Inside Fort Énet. File:Fort Enet gun with Ile d Aix in the background.jpg, Fort Enet gun, with

in the background.

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