Bréhat Île-de-Bréhat Enez-Vriad | |
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| Coordinates:48°50′51″N3°00′00″W / 48.8475°N 3.0000°W /48.8475; -3.0000 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Paimpol |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Olivier Carré[1] |
Area 1 | 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 427 |
| • Density | 138/km2 (358/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22016 /22870 |
| Elevation | 0–34 m (0–112 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bréhat (French:Île-de-Bréhat,French pronunciation:[ildəbʁea];Breton:Enez Vriad) is anisland andcommune located nearPaimpol, a mile off the northern coast ofBrittany. Administratively, it is acommune in theCôtes-d'Armordepartment in northwesternFrance.
Bréhat is actually anarchipelago composed of two mainislands, separated only at high tide, and many smaller ones. It is famous for its pinkgranite rocks, very mildmicro-climate andMediterranean vegetation, due to the warmGulf Stream coming from across theAtlantic.
Manyday-trippers come to Bréhat every day by the ferry service (les Vedettes de Bréhat) which sails from Pointe de l'Arcouest, to the north of Paimpol, taking about 10 minutes.[3] They come to visit the main tourist attractions, the Paon and Rosedo lighthouses, the St-Michel chapel, the Guerzido beach, theBirlot [fr] water-mill and the Verrerie of Bréhat. In June 2023 the local municipality imposed a limit on the numbers of summer tourists, citing "overtourism".[4]
Other than tractors, the sightseeing road train, and a few essential professional vehicles, there are no motor vehicles on Bréhat.[5]
Bréhat features a temperateoceanic climate with mild winters, dry summers and lower precipitation levels than continental Brittany as a result of the effects of the Gulf Stream,[6] favoring a wide diversity of plants and flowers such asmimosas,hortensias,ceanothus,echiums andagapanthus. It is one of the few places in Brittany and its surroundings wherepalm trees and other Mediterranean plants can grow naturally due to the scarcity of frosts throughout the year.
| Climate data for Île-de-Bréhat (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 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 (50.0) | 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 (50.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °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 (52.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 85.0 (3.35) | 69.5 (2.74) | 62.5 (2.46) | 45.0 (1.77) | 56.0 (2.20) | 39.6 (1.56) | 36.1 (1.42) | 36.3 (1.43) | 51.5 (2.03) | 69.0 (2.72) | 88.7 (3.49) | 83.5 (3.29) | 722.8 (28.46) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 87 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 86 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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[7] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 653 | — |
| 1975 | 553 | −2.35% |
| 1982 | 511 | −1.12% |
| 1990 | 461 | −1.28% |
| 1999 | 421 | −1.00% |
| 2009 | 429 | +0.19% |
| 2014 | 392 | −1.79% |
| 2020 | 377 | −0.65% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
Inhabitants of Île-de-Bréhat are calledBréhatins in French.
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