Île de Batz

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Coordinates: 48°44′43″N 4°00′35″W / 48.74528, -4.00972

Commune of Île-de-Batz
Enez-Vaz
Porz Kernog on Île de Batz
Location
Coordinates	48°44′43″N 4°00′35″W / 48.74528, -4.00972
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Intercommunality	C.C. du Pays Léonard
Mayor	Guy Cabioch (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–33 m
Land area¹	3.05 km²
Population² (1999)	575
- Density	189/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	29082/ 29253
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

The Île de Batz (Enez Vaz in Breton) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. Administratively, it is a commune (named Île-de-Batz) of the Finistère département.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Île-de-Batz are called Batziens or Îliens.

As of the census of 1999, the village has a population of 575, estimated as 594 in 2005.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

[edit] External links

• Official website (French)
• Cultural Heritage (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Île-de-Batz (French)
• Official website of colonie du phare (French)