Île-de-Bréhat

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Bréhat
Île-de-Bréhat
Enez-Vriad
Commune
Bréhat StMichel Nw.jpg
Port Clos à Bréhat.jpg
Ile de brehat - panoramio (9).jpg
Bréhat Côte Paon.jpg
Views of Bréhat
Coat of arms of Bréhat
Coat of arms
Location of Bréhat
Bréhat is located in France
Bréhat
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
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementSaint-Brieuc
CantonPaimpol
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Olivier Carré[1]
Area
1
3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
356
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22016 /22870
Elevation0–34 m (0–112 ft)
Websitewww.iledebrehat.fr
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, 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.

Climate[]

Bréhat features a peculiar Oceanic climate with mild winters, warm summers and lower precipitation levels than continental Brittany as a result of the effects of the Gulf Stream,[3] favoring a wide diversity of plants and flowers such as mimosas, hortensias, ceanothes, echiums and agapanthus. It's one of the few places in Brittany and its surroundings where palm trees and other Mediterranean plants can grow naturally due to the scarcity of frosts throughout the year.

hideClimate 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
(48.0) 		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)
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
(52.0) 		7.9
(46.2) 		6.0
(42.8) 		9.1
(48.4)
Average precipitation 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)
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[4]


Bréhat island's enclosed harbour, at high tide

Population[]

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

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%
YearPop.±%
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%

Sights[]

  • La Croix Lighthouse

  • Paon Lighthouse

  • Chapelle St Michel

  • Chapelle Keranoux

  • St Michael's chapel

People linked to Île-de-Bréhat[]

  • André César Vermare (1869–1949), renowned sculptor who resided and died in the island
  • Marc Chagall (1887–1985), painted La fenêtre sur l'Ile de Bréhat, 1924, kept at Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde.[5]
  • Goudji (born 1941), the Georgian-born French sculptor and goldsmith, frequently resides in Bréhat; in 2008 he offered an item and participated in an auction to restore local religious monuments

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Vergez-Tricom, Geneviève (1925). La Géographie: « L'île de Bréhat ». p. 44.
  4. ^ "Normes et records 1961–1990: Ile de Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor(22), 25 m" (in French). Infoclimat. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Marc Chagall at Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde

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