Fort Énet is a fortification in the Pertuis d'Antioche

Pertuis d'Antioche

The Pertuis d'Antioche is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France, located between the two islands Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron and the continental coast, between the cities of La Rochelle and the naval arsenal of Rochefort...

 in Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

, France

France

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

Fouras

Fouras is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France. It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle.-Geography:Fouras is on a peninsula...

, between Fouras and Île-d'Aix

Île-d'Aix

Île-d'Aix is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department off the west coast of France. It occupies the territory of small island of Île d'Aix in the Atlantic. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months.-Location:...

, and can be accessed from there at low tide.

Fort Énet formed a line of fortification with Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began.-Layout:Fort...

 and Fort de la Rade on Île-d'Aix, designed to protect the arsenal of Rochefort

Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

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 from Royal Navy

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 incursions. The building of the fort was started in 1810 by Napoleon I

Napoleon I

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, following the devastating 1809 Battle of the Basque Roads

Battle of the Basque Roads

The Battle of the Basque Roads, also Battle of Aix Roads was a naval battle during the Napoleonic Wars off the Island of Aix...

.

The Fort can be reached on foot at low tide, and can be visited.

Fort Enet is listed as a Monument Historique

Monument historique

A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...

. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée

Base Mérimée

The Base Mérimée is the French database of monuments listed as having national significance in history, architecture or art. It was created in 1978, and placed online in 1995, by the French Ministry of Culture, division of architectural heritage. The database is periodically updated...

, a database of the French architectural patrimony maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00132807.