Bréhat
Île-de-Bréhat
Enez-Vriad | |
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| Coordinates: 48°50′51″N 3°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
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| 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 402 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
22016 /22870
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| 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: [il də bʁea]; 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 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, the Birlot [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]
Bréhat features a temperate oceanic climate with mild winters, dry summers and lower precipitation levels than continental Brittany as a result of the effects of the Gulf Stream,[5] favoring a wide diversity of plants and flowers such as mimosas, hortensias, ceanothus, echiums and agapanthus. It is 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.
| 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) |
| 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[6] | |||||||||||||
| 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[7] | ||
Inhabitants of Île-de-Bréhat are called Bréhatins in French.
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