Brittany
Brittany is a diverse region in northwestern France and a historic country with a distinct identity, sharing much of its Celtic heritage with Cornwall and Wales, mostly known internationally for its crêpes.
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Popular Destinations
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany on the English Channel coast. Photo: JLPC, CC BY-SA 3.0.- Type: region of France
- Description: administrative region of France
- Category: cultural region
- Location: France, Europe
- Neighbors: Lower Normandy, Normandy and Pays de la Loire
Destinations
Vannes
Vannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. Photo: Farz brujunet, CC BY-SA 3.0.Saint-Brieuc
Saint Brieuc is the administrative capital of the Côtes-d'Armor departement in the region of Brittany, France. Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.Dinan
Dinan is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. Photo: Tybo2, CC BY-SA 4.0.Auray
Auray is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Photo: D4m1en, CC BY-SA 3.0.Lannion
Lannion is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.Roscoff
Roscoff is a commune in the arrondissement of Morlaix in the Finistère département, in the region of Brittany in France. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Douarnenez
Douarnenez, is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, northwestern France. Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.Carnac
Carnac is a small town in Morbihan, Brittany. Its main claim to fame are the menhirs surrounding the town. Photo: Kamel15, CC BY-SA 3.0.Vitré
Vitré is a in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, France. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.Pontivy
Pontivy is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. Photo: Carabas1, CC BY-SA 3.0.Montfort-sur-Meu
Montfort-sur-Meu is a town in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: Floranne2006, CC BY-SA 3.0.Breteil
Breteil is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: EdouardHue, CC BY-SA 3.0.Quiberon
Quiberon is a town in Brittany, France. It is situated on a peninsula Presqu'île de Quiberon. Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.Pleumeur-Bodou
Pleumeur-Bodou is a small commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Ile-aux-Moines
Île-aux-Moines is an island in Brittany. At 7 km long and 3.5 km wide, it's the largest island in the "Golfe du Morbihan", and has 610 inhabitants. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Bédée
Bédée is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: EdouardHue, CC BY-SA 3.0.Saint-Gonlay
Saint-Gonlay is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: Floranne2006, CC BY-SA 3.0.Pleumeleuc
Pleumeleuc is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: GO69, CC0.La Nouaye
La Nouaye is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: GO69, CC0.Iffendic
Iffendic is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: Office de tourisme d…, CC BY 3.0.Talensac
Talensac is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Photo: Erwan Corre, CC BY-SA 4.0.Molène
Molène is an island off the west coast of Brittany and one of the Ponant Isles, making it the largest of an archipelago of twenty islands. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Belle Île
Belle Île (officially Belle-Île-en-Mer to distinguish it from another municipality in Brittany is an island off the coast of Brittany. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.Brittany
Latitude of center
48.1667° or 48° 10' northLongitude of center
-2.8333° or 2° 50' westPopulation
3,120,000Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)GeoNames ID
3030293Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Bretagne
- Afrikaans: Bretagne
- Afrikaans: Historiese Bretagne
- Albanian: Bretagne
- Albanian: Bretanja
- Amharic: ብረታኝ
- Arabic: Bretagne
- Arabic: بروتاني
- Arabic: بريتاني
- Aragonese: Bretanya
- Armenian: Բրետան
- Asturian; Bable: Bertaèyn
- Asturian; Bable: Breizh
- Asturian; Bable: Bretagne
- Asturian; Bable: Bretaña
- Aymara: Bretagne suyu
- Azerbaijani: Bretan
- Basque: Bretainia
- Bavarian: Bretagne
- Belarusian: Брэтань (рэгіён)
- Belarusian: Брэтань
- Belarusian: рэгіён Брэтань
- Bengali: ব্রতাইন
- Bosnian: Bretanja
- Breton: Breizh
- Breton: Istor Breizh
- Breton: Rannvro Breizh
- Breton: rannvro Breizh
- Bulgarian: Бретан
- Catalan: Bretanya
- Cebuano: Bretagne
- Chechen: БгӀетань
- Chinese: Région Bretagne
- Chinese: 布列塔尼半岛
- Chinese: 布列塔尼大区
- Chinese: 布列塔尼大區
- Chinese: 布禮斯大區
- Chuvash: Бретань
- Cornish: Breten Vian
- Cornish: Ranvro Breten Vian
- Corsican: Bretagna
- Crimean Turkish; Crimean Tatar: Bretan
- Croatian: Bretanja
- Czech: Bretaň
- Czech: Bretaňský poloostrov
- Danish: Bretagne
- Dimli: Bretonya
- Dutch: Bretagne (regio)
- Dutch: Bretagne
- English: Breizh
- English: Bretagne
- English: Brittany Region
- English: Region of Brittany
- Esperanto: Bretonio
- Estonian: Bretagne
- Estonian: Bretagnei poolsaar
- Extremaduran: Bretaña
- Finnish: Bretagne
- Franco-Provençal: Bretagne
- Franco-Provençal: Règ·ion Bretagne
- French: Bretagne
- French: Région Bretagne
- French: région Bretagne
- French: région administrative de Bretagne
- Frisian: Bretanje
- Gaelic (Scots): A Bhreatainn Bheag
- Gallegan: Bertaèyn
- Gallegan: Breizh
- Gallegan: Bretagne
- Gallegan: Bretaña
- Georgian: ბრეტანი
- German: Bretagne
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek: Βρετάνη
- Greek: Περιοχή της Βρετάνης
- Hakka Chinese: Brittany
- Hakka Chinese: Pu-lie̍t-thap-nì
- Hausa: Brittany
- Hebrew: ברטאן
- Hindi: ब्रतान्य
- Hungarian: Bretagne
- Icelandic: Bretanía
- Ido: Bretonia
- Indonesian: Bretagne
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Britannia
- Interlingue: Bretagne
- Irish: An Bhriotáin
- Irish: Bhriotáin
- Irish: an Bhriotáin
- Italian: Bretagna
- Japanese: Breizh
- Japanese: ブリタニー地域圏
- Japanese: ブルターニュ
- Japanese: ブルターニュ地域圏
- Japanese: ブルターニュ地方
- Japanese: ブレイズ地域圏
- Javanese: Bretagne
- Kabyle: Bretagne
- Kashubian: Bretaniô
- Kazakh: Бретан түбегі
- Kirghiz: Бретан
- Kirghiz: Бретань
- Korean: 브르타뉴
- Ladino: Bretanya
- Latin: Armorica
- Latin: Britannia Minor
- Latin: Britannia minor
- Latvian: Bretaņa
- Letzeburgesch: Bretagne
- Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan: Bretagne
- Lithuanian: Bretanė
- Macedonian: Бретања
- Malay (generic): Bretagne
- Malayalam: ബ്രിറ്റനി
- Manx: Yn Vritaan
- Marathi: ब्रत्तान्य
- Min Nan Chinese: Région Bretagne
- Mingrelian: ბრეტანი
- Mongolian: Бретань
- Mongolian: Бретань муж
- Narom: Brétangne
- Northern Frisian: Bretagne
- Northern Luri: بریتانی
- Northern Sami: Bretagne
- Norwegian: Bretagne
- Norwegian Bokmål: Bretagne
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Bretagne
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Bretanha
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Бретань
- Pampanga: Bretagne
- Pampanga: Bretanya
- Persian: برتانی
- Persian: برتاین
- Persian: بریتانی (فرانسه)
- Persian: بریتانی
- Picard: Bertanne
- Piemontese: Brëtagna
- Polish: Bretania
- Portuguese: Bertaèyn
- Portuguese: Breizh
- Portuguese: Bretagne
- Portuguese: Bretanha
- Quechua: Bretagne
- Romanian: Bretania
- Russian: Бретань
- Sardinian: Bretagna
- Schwyzerdütsch: Bretagne
- Scots: Breetany
- Scots: Region o Breetany
- Serbian: Бретања
- Serbo-Croatian: Bretanja
- Sicilian: Britagna
- Slovak: Bretónsko
- Slovenian: Bretanja
- Sorbian, Upper: Bretanja
- Spanish: Bretaña
- Swahili (generic): Bretagne
- Swedish: Bretagne
- Tagalog: Bretanya
- Tahitian: Peretāne Iti
- Tamil: பிரித்தானி
- Tatar: Бретань
- Tatar: Бретань ярымутравы
- Thai: แคว้นเบรอตาญ
- Tosk Albanian: Bretagne
- Turkish: Breton
- Turkish: Bretonya
- Ukrainian: Бретань
- Urdu: بریتانیہ
- Uzbek: Bretan
- Venetian: Bretagna
- Vietnamese: Bretagne
- Vlaams: Bretagne
- Walloon: Burtaegne
- Waray (Philippines): Bretagne
- Welsh: Breizh
- Welsh: Bretagne
- Welsh: Llydaw
- Western Panjabi: برٹنی
- Wu Chinese: 布列塔尼
- Wu Chinese: 布列塔尼大区
- Yue Chinese: 布禮斯
- Yue Chinese: 布禮斯大區
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