Île-de-Bréhat

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Administration
Commune of Île-de-Bréhat
Location
Longitude	-2.98°
Latitude	48.83°
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	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 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

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-Michel chapel, the Guerzido beach, the Birlot water-mill and the Verrerie of Bréhat.