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About Brittany
DEPARTMENTS
Cotes-d'Armour 22
Ille et Vilaine 35
Morbihan 56
Finistere 29
Population
(Ranked 7th )
3081000 (2006)
113/Km˛
AREA
27208 Km˛
Capital Rennes
Brittany has 1150 km of coastline with hundreds of bays, inlets, islands and small pretty harbours.
The interior has rolling hills, small villages many often refered to as pretty villages of granite.
The Coastal region being exposed to the Atlantique has a mild climate
all year and is renowned for the thalassortherapy, saltwater therapies
that have their origins here due to the quality of the sea and sea
breezes.
The Bay of Morbihan, an inland sea with some 365 islands offers a
picturesque backgound to both water sport activities, nature activities
or simply relaxing and unwinding.
places worth a visit include;
Mont St Michel
Golf of Morbihan
Auray
ile aux Moines
The Medieval Forest of Merlin the Magician.
St Malo
Vanne.
Carnac