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Région Bretagne

Details
Information
Capital: Rennes
Population


 - Total


 - Density


2 972 700 ( 2003)


107 /km²
Area27 208 km²
Arrondissements15
Cantons201
Communes1 268
President of the
regional council
Jean-Yves Le Drian
Départements
Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Morbihan (56)
Finistère (29)
Location


This is about the region in France; for other meanings of Brittany and Bretagne, see Brittany (disambiguation).

Brittany ( French Bretagne, BretonBreton Brezhoneg is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France. History Breton is not thought to be a modern-day descendant of any continental Celtic language such as Gaulish, though evidently it has borrowed some features f Breizh, GalloGallo is a regional language of France, traditionally spoken in Eastern Brittany. In contrast to Breton, the Celtic language which is traditionally spoken in the Western territory of the country, Gallo is a Romance language, one of the Oil languages (clos Bertaèyn) is a peninsulaA peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit. Peninsulas of the world: Continental Europe Apsheron, A in north-west FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents., bordering the English ChannelThe English Channel is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. In French it is called La Manche ("the sleeve"). It is about 350 miles long and at its widest i on the north and the Bay of BiscayNot to be confused with the North American Biscayne Bay. The Bay of Biscay (French: Golfe de Gascogne Spanish: Mar Cantabrico is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the on the south. It is also an administrative région of France. The historical capital was NantesFor a place in Brazil (pronunciation: NAHN-chees), see Nantes, Brazil Nantes ( Breton: Naoned is a commune in western France, prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique departement and of the Pays de la Loire region''. With 277,728 inhabitants in 1999, Nantes is, but the modern capital of the region of Brittany is Rennes.

The département Loire-Atlantique (including the city of Nantes) was historically part of Brittany, but is now part of the Pays de la Loire region. A movement exists to transfer Loire-Atlantique back to the region of Brittany.





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