Île Longue
Île Longue is a peninsula of the roadstead of Brest in the department of Finistère in the Brittany region. It is the base of the French nuclear ballistic missile submarines, and as such one of the most secretive and heavily defended places in France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula of the roadstead of Brest in the department of Finistère in the Brittany region, France
- Also known as: “Ile longue”, “Ile Longue”, and “Île longue”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Île Trébéron and Île des Morts.
Île des Morts
Islet
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Île des Morts is a 7-hectare island in the Bay of Roscanvel, to the south-west of the roadstead of Brest, between the Quélern peninsula and Île Longue. It is 26m above sea level at its highest point.
Chapelle Saint-Fiacre de Crozon
Church
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Chapelle Saint-Fiacre de Crozon is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Île Longue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crozon and Porte Caffarelli.
Crozon
Village
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Crozon is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Besides the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune. Crozon is situated 7 km south of Île Longue.
Porte Caffarelli
Locality
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Porte Caffarelli is a locality, which is situated 8 km north of Île Longue.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
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Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon is a suburb, which is situated 9 km north of Île Longue.
Île Longue
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Île Longue” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Île Longue”
- Breton: “Enez hir”
- Breton: “Enez-Hir”
- Catalan: “Île Longue”
- Cebuano: “Île Longue (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Île Longue”
- Chinese: “長島”
- Chinese: “长岛”
- Czech: “Enez Hir”
- Czech: “Île Longue”
- Danish: “Île Longue”
- Dutch: “Ile Longue (Finistere)”
- Dutch: “Île Longue”
- Finnish: “Enez-Hir”
- Finnish: “Île Longue”
- French: “Ile Longue (Finistere)”
- French: “île Longue”
- French: “Île Longue”
- French: “Île-Longue”
- German: “Île Longue”
- Italian: “Île Longue”
- Japanese: “ロング島 (フィニステール県)”
- Japanese: “ロング島”
- Japanese: “ロング島基地”
- Swedish: “Île Longue”
- Welsh: “Enez-Hir”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rostellec and Taladerc’h.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe de l’Île Longue and Pot de Beurre.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Île Longue”. Photo: Spendeau, CC BY-SA 3.0.