Monument located in the Channel, and dependent on the municipality of Granville, the lighthouse of Chausey takes place on the Big Island of Chausey, in the Channel Sea. Built in the middle of the 19th century, it is now listed as a historic monument. It was built because of the many shipwrecks caused by the reefs that surround the island.
Entirely cut stone from the quarries of the island, the Chausey lighthouse was partially destroyed by German attacks in 1945. Electrified in 1949, it was definitely relit a year later.
Standing more than forty-one meters high, the Chausey lighthouse was fully automated in 2007, seeing the departure of the last goalkeepers.