Belle Île

Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr]; Old Breton: Guedel) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is 14 kilometres (7+1⁄2 nautical miles) from the Quiberon peninsula.

This article is about the island off the coast of Brittany. For other uses, see Belle Isle (disambiguation).

Administratively, the island is divided into four communes:

Belle-Île formed a canton until 2015 when it was merged into the canton of Quiberon as part of a general overhaul.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.