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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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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.

Destinations to Discover

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

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

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is a city on the coast of , the eastern part of Brittany, with a population of 47,000 in 2022. It's a ferry port but is best known for its walled inner town or intramuros.

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is a commune in the French department of , Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.

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is a city of 57,000 people on the south coast of Brittany.

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is the administrative capital of the departement in the region of Brittany, .

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is a walled Breton town and a commune in the department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Léhon was merged into .

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is a commune in the department in Brittany in northwestern . It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants.

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is a commune in the department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern . Inhabitants of are called Alréens and Alreiz.

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is a commune in the arrondissement of Morlaix in the Finistère département, in the region of Brittany in .

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, is a commune in the French department of , region of Brittany, northwestern France. It is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid River, an estuary on the southern shore of Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 kilometres north-west of Quimper.

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is a French commune on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a holiday destination. With its international film festival, villas, sumptuous hotels and casino, is regarded as one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France.

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is a small town in Morbihan, Brittany. Its main claim to fame are the menhirs surrounding the town. In 2025 these stones were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a commune in the department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of are called Pontivyens in French.

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is a town in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, . lies on the edge of Brittany, near Normandy Maine and Anjou.

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is a town in Brittany, . It is situated on a peninsula Presqu'île de . In France it is well-known as summer spa-resort.

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is a coastal town and commune in the department of Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, , on the edge of the English Channel. It has been a renowned fishing port for centuries. The harbour front and the town center are made up of pretty little houses.

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is a small island town located on Île-de-Bréhat in Brittany, . It is a popular destination in many travel guides due to its stunning natural landscapes, historic sites, and unique island quirks.

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is a town in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It is in northwest France, 20 km from and surrounded by , , , , , , and .

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The Meu River forms the commune's southwestern border. The town has 3,502 inhabitants and stretches over 1,470 hectares.

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is a small commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department on the north coast of Brittany. It sits in the middle of the Pink Granite coast, which is well known for its spectacular scenery.

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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. The island is pretty, full of flowers, and has old stones and amazing landscapes.

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It's 20 km on the RN12 road from to . It is 20 km from and is surrounded by , , , , , , .

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The Meu River goes through the town. It is 20 km from and is surrounded by , , , , , , .

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The Meu river is all of the commune's eastern border. Located at 20 km west of Rennes in the perimeter of the second suburb of Rennes, is crossed from the West to the East by the…

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The town of is part of the county of Montfort-sur-Meu and of the town of .

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The Meu river goes through the town. There are 280 inhabitants in and the territory stretches over 926 hectares.

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is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. The commune of is part of county. It comes under the control of .

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or Molene is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern . It is the largest of or Molene Archipelago, a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands.

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(officially Belle-Île-en-Mer to distinguish it from another municipality in Brittany is an island off the coast of Brittany.
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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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Ossetian: “Бретань”
  • Pampanga: “Bretagne”
  • Persian: “برتانی”
  • Persian: “بریتانی”
  • Picard: “Bertanne”
  • Piemontese: “Brëtagna”
  • Polish: “Bretania”
  • Portuguese: “Bertaèyn”
  • Portuguese: “Breizh”
  • Portuguese: “Bretagne”
  • Portuguese: “Bretanha”
  • Portuguese: “Região da Bretanha”
  • 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”
  • Spanish: “Bretaña”
  • Swahili: “Bretagne”
  • Swedish: “Bretagne”
  • Swiss German: “Bretagne”
  • Tagalog: “Bretanya”
  • Tahitian: “Peretāne Iti”
  • 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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