Île-de-Bréhat
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| Commune of Île-de-Bréhat | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -2.98° |
| Latitude | 48.83° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Bretagne |
| Département | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Paimpol |
| Mayor | Yvon Colin (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–34 m (avg. 26 m) |
| Land area¹ | 3.09 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
421 |
| - Density (1999) | 136/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22016/ 22870 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Île-de-Bréhat (Breton: Enez Vriad) is an island located near Paimpol, a mile off the northern coast of Bretagne. Administratively, it forms a commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département in France.
Bréhat is actually an archipelago composed of two main islands, separated only at high tide, and many smaller ones. It is famous for its pink granite rocks, very mild micro-climate and Mediterranean vegetation, due to the warm Gulf Stream coming from across the Atlantic.
Many day-trippers come to Brehat every day by the ferry service (les Vedettes de Bréhat) and visit the main tourist attractions, the Paon & Rosedo lighthouses, the St-Michelle chapel, the Guerzido beach, the Birlot water-mill and the Verrerie of Bréhat.
[edit] Attractions
- Rosedo Lighthouse
- Chapelle Saint Michel
- Paon Lighthouse
- Chapelle Keranroux
[edit] See also
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