Brittany

Brittany is a diverse region in northwestern and a historic country with a distinct identity, sharing much of its Celtic heritage with and , mostly known internationally for its crêpes.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Rennes and Brest.

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is the chief city of Brittany in northwest France. It's mostly modern and industrial, but has many grand 18th and 19th century buildings, and survivors of earlier times.

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is a city on the west Atlantic coast of . It has a long history of navigation. There are very large tides here.

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is the capital city of the Finistère department. Its specialty is faience, a type of white glazed pottery with colourful painted designs and patterns.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan.

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is the eastern-most department in Brittany, centred on the city of Rennes. It is named after two rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine, which meet in Rennes.

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is a department in Brittany on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It is noted for its Carnac stones, which predate and are more extensive than the Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England.

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in Brittany is the westernmost French department. Its name comes from the Latin from "end of the earth". The abers, rugged fjord-like inlets on the north coast, are a notable feature of the landscape.

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Côtes-d'Armor is a department in Brittany. It offers a rich abundance of coastal resorts and fishing ports. The interior is largely agricultural and dotted with small villages.
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Brittany

Latitude of center
48.1667° or 48° 10′ north
Longitude of center
-2.8333° or 2° 50′ west
Population
4,830,000
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Geo­Names ID
3030293
Wiki­data ID
Q12130
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Brittany” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bretagne”
  • Albanian: “Bretagne”
  • Albanian: “Bretanja”
  • Amharic: “ብረታኝ”
  • Arabic: “برطانية”
  • Arabic: “بريتاني”
  • Aragonese: “Bretanya”
  • Armenian: “Բրետան”
  • Arpitan: “Bretagne”
  • Asturian: “Bertaèyn”
  • Asturian: “Breizh”
  • Asturian: “Bretagne”
  • Asturian: “Bretaña”
  • Aymara: “Bretagne suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bretan”
  • Balinese: “Bretagne”
  • Basque: “Bretainia”
  • Bavarian: “Bretagne”
  • Belarusian: “Брэтань (рэгіён)”
  • Belarusian: “Брэтань”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Брэтань”
  • Bengali: “ব্রতাইন”
  • Bosnian: “Bretanja”
  • Breton: “Breizh”
  • Breton: “BZH”
  • Breton: “Istor Breizh”
  • Breton: “rannvro Breizh”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Breizh”
  • Breton: “rannvro velestradurel Breizh”
  • Bulgarian: “Бретан”
  • Burmese: “ဘရတာညီတိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Bretanya”
  • Cebuano: “Bretagne”
  • Cebuano: “Britanya”
  • Chechen: “БгӀетань”
  • Chinese: “Région Bretagne”
  • Chinese: “布列塔尼大区”
  • Chinese: “布列塔尼大區”
  • Chinese: “布禮斯大區”
  • Chuvash: “Бретань”
  • Cornish: “Ranvro Breten Vian”
  • Corsican: “Bretagna”
  • Corsican: “Regione di Bretagna”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Bretan”
  • Croatian: “Bretanja”
  • Czech: “Bretaň”
  • Danish: “Bretagne”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bretonya”
  • Dutch: “Bretagne (regio)”
  • Dutch: “Bretagne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بريتانى”
  • Esperanto: “Bretonio”
  • Estonian: “Bretagne”
  • Extremaduran: “Bretaña”
  • Finnish: “Bretagne”
  • French: “Bretagne administrative”
  • French: “Bretagne”
  • French: “FR-BZH”
  • French: “région administrative de Bretagne”
  • French: “région Bretagne”
  • French: “Région Bretagne”
  • Galician: “Bertaèyn”
  • Galician: “Breizh”
  • Galician: “Bretagne”
  • Galician: “Bretaña”
  • Georgian: “ბრეტანი”
  • German: “Breizh”
  • German: “Bretagne”
  • Gothic: “𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “Βρετάνη”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή της Βρετάνης”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Brittany”
  • Hausa: “Brittany”
  • Hebrew: “ברטאן”
  • Hindi: “ब्रतान्य”
  • Hungarian: “Bretagne”
  • Icelandic: “Bretanía”
  • Ido: “Bretonia”
  • Indonesian: “Bretagne”
  • Indonesian: “Bretonia”
  • Interlingua: “Britannia”
  • Interlingue: “Bretagne”
  • Irish: “an Bhriotáin”
  • Irish: “Briotáin”
  • Italian: “Bretagna amministrativa”
  • Italian: “Bretagna”
  • Japanese: “ブリタニー地域圏”
  • Japanese: “ブルターニュ地域圏”
  • Japanese: “ブルターニュ地方”
  • Japanese: “ブレイス”
  • Japanese: “ブレイス地域圏”
  • Javanese: “Bretagne”
  • Kabyle: “Bretagne”
  • Kashubian: “Bretaniô”
  • Kazakh: “Бретань”
  • Kirghiz: “Бретан”
  • Korean: “브르타뉴”
  • Kurdish: “Bretanya”
  • Ladin: “Bretania (region aministrativa)”
  • Ladin: “Bretania”
  • Ladino: “Bretanya”
  • Latin: “Armorica”
  • Latin: “Britannia minor”
  • Latin: “Britannia Minor”
  • Latvian: “Bretaņa”
  • Limburgan: “Bretagne”
  • Lithuanian: “Bretanė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bretagne”
  • Macedonian: “Бретања”
  • Malay: “Bretagne”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്രിറ്റനി”
  • Manx: “Breizh”
  • Manx: “Britaan Beg”
  • Manx: “Britaan Veg”
  • Manx: “Britaan”
  • Manx: “y Vritaan Veg”
  • Manx: “y Vritaan”
  • Manx: “Yn Vritaan”
  • Marathi: “ब्रत्तान्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Région Bretagne”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრეტანი”
  • Mongolian: “Бретань муж”
  • Mongolian: “Бретань”
  • Narom: “Brétangne”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bretagne”
  • Northern Luri: “بریتانی”
  • Northern Sami: “Bretagne”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bretagne”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bretagne”
  • Norwegian: “Bretagne”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bretanha”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lidwīc”
  • Oromo: “Brittany”
  • Ossetian: “Бретань”
  • Pampanga: “Bretagne”
  • Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਿਟਨੀ”
  • Persian: “برتانی”
  • Persian: “بریتانی”
  • Picard: “Bertanne”
  • Piemontese: “Brëtagna”
  • Polish: “Bretania”
  • Portuguese: “Bertaèyn”
  • Portuguese: “Breizh”
  • Portuguese: “Bretagne”
  • Portuguese: “Bretanha”
  • Portuguese: “Região da Bretanha”
  • Pushto: “برتانیا”
  • Quechua: “Bretagne”
  • Romanian: “Bretania”
  • Russian: “Бретань”
  • Sardinian: “Bretagna”
  • Scots: “Breetany”
  • Scots: “Region o Breetany”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A Bhreatainn Bheag”
  • Serbian: “Бретања”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bretanja”
  • Sicilian: “Britagna”
  • Slovak: “Bretónsko”
  • Slovenian: “Bretanija”
  • Slovenian: “Bretanja”
  • Somali: “Brittany”
  • Spanish: “Bretaña”
  • Swahili: “Bretagne”
  • Swedish: “Bretagne”
  • Swiss German: “Bretagne”
  • Tagalog: “Bretanya”
  • Tahitian: “Peretāne Iti”
  • Tajik: “Британь”
  • Tamil: “பிரித்தானி”
  • Tatar: “Бретань ярымутравы”
  • Tatar: “Бретань”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเบรอตาญ”
  • Turkish: “Bretonya”
  • Ukrainian: “Бретань”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bretanja”
  • Urdu: “بریتانیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Bretan”
  • Venetian: “Bretagna”
  • Vietnamese: “Bretagne”
  • Vlaams: “Bretagne”
  • Walloon: “Burtaegne”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bretagne”
  • Welsh: “Breizh”
  • Welsh: “Bretagne”
  • Western Frisian: “Bretanje”
  • Western Panjabi: “برٹنی”
  • Wu Chinese: “布列塔尼大区”
  • Yue Chinese: “布禮斯大區”
  • Zeeuws: “Bretagne”
  • “Bretanyah”
  • “ma Peson”

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