Île-de-Bréhat

Bréhat
Île-de-Bréhat
Enez-Vriad

Port-Clos landing stage at low tide
Bréhat

Coordinates: 48°50′49″N 2°59′55″W / 48.8469°N 2.9986°W / 48.8469; -2.9986Coordinates: 48°50′49″N 2°59′55″W / 48.8469°N 2.9986°W / 48.8469; -2.9986
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Canton Paimpol
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Patrick Huet
Area1 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 400
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 22016 / 22870
Elevation 0–34 m (0–112 ft)
Website Site de la mairie de l'île de Bréhat

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bréhat (French: Île-de-Bréhat, Breton: Enez Vriad) is an island and commune located near Paimpol, a mile off the northern coast of Brittany. Administratively, it is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern 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.

Bréhat island's enclosed harbour, at high tide

Climate

Climate data for Île-de-Bréhat (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.9
(48)		 9.0
(48.2)		 10.4
(50.7)		 11.9
(53.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 17.1
(62.8)		 19.4
(66.9)		 19.9
(67.8)		 18.7
(65.7)		 15.9
(60.6)		 12.0
(53.6)		 10.0
(50)		 14.0
(57.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.8
(44.2)		 6.8
(44.2)		 8.0
(46.4)		 9.4
(48.9)		 11.9
(53.4)		 14.4
(57.9)		 16.6
(61.9)		 17.1
(62.8)		 16.0
(60.8)		 13.5
(56.3)		 10.0
(50)		 8.0
(46.4)		 11.5
(52.7)
Average low °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)		 4.6
(40.3)		 5.5
(41.9)		 6.9
(44.4)		 9.2
(48.6)		 11.7
(53.1)		 13.8
(56.8)		 14.3
(57.7)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11.1
(52)		 7.9
(46.2)		 6.0
(42.8)		 9.1
(48.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 85.0
(3.346)		 69.5
(2.736)		 62.5
(2.461)		 45.0
(1.772)		 56.0
(2.205)		 39.6
(1.559)		 36.1
(1.421)		 36.3
(1.429)		 51.5
(2.028)		 69.0
(2.717)		 88.7
(3.492)		 83.5
(3.287)		 722.8
(28.457)
Average relative humidity (%) 87 85 85 85 86 87 87 86 86 86 85 85 86
Mean monthly sunshine hours 61.7 87.3 134.5 180.3 224.3 223.2 238.2 220.9 169.8 122.7 72.3 56.3 1,791.5
Source: Infoclimat.fr[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,318—    
18001,475+11.9%
18061,444−2.1%
18211,488+3.0%
18311,550+4.2%
18361,483−4.3%
18411,519+2.4%
18461,941+27.8%
18511,357−30.1%
18561,348−0.7%
18611,202−10.8%
18661,212+0.8%
18721,114−8.1%
18761,059−4.9%
18811,172+10.7%
18861,086−7.3%
18911,012−6.8%
1896984−2.8%
1901995+1.1%
19061,062+6.7%
19111,016−4.3%
1921977−3.8%
1926980+0.3%
1931959−2.1%
1936830−13.5%
1946855+3.0%
1954843−1.4%
1962700−17.0%
1968653−6.7%
1975553−15.3%
1982511−7.6%
1990461−9.8%
1999421−8.7%
2008444+5.5%
2011400−9.9%

Inhabitants of Île-de-Bréhat are called bréhatins in French.

Sights

People linked to Île-de-Bréhat

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Ile de Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor(22), 25m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Marc Chagall at Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde

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