Brittany
administrative region of France
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Brittany is a region of France[1]. Brittany draws 12,291 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #13 of 27).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Loïg Chesnais-Girard[5]
- Capital: Rennes[6]
- Shares border with: Pays de la Loire[7], Normandy[8]
- Top-level Internet domain: .bzh[9]
- Named after: Brittany[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Côtes-d'Armor[11], Finistère[12], Ille-et-Vilaine[13], Morbihan[14]
- Headquarters location: Q66660267[15]
- Flag: flag of Brittany[16]
- Legislative body: Regional Council of Brittany[17]
- Part of: Brittany[18]
- Commons category: Région Bretagne[19]
- Inception: June 4, 1960[20]
- Start time: July 9, 1972[21]
- Highest point: Roc'h Ruz[22]
- Official website: https://www.bretagne.bzh[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Région Bretagne[24]
- Commons gallery: Bretagne - Breizh[25]
- Population: 3,276,543[26], 3,258,707[27], 3,293,850[28], 3,318,904[29], 3,335,414[30], 3,354,854[31], 3,373,835[32], 3,394,567[33], 3,422,845[34], 3,449,370[35]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Brittany[36]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39]
- Affiliation: Vigipol[40]
- Official name: Région Bretagne[41], Bretagne[42]
- Category for people born here: Category:People born in Brittany[43]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Brittany include Bretagne[44], a battleship[45]; Brittany[46], a female given name[47]; and Lorient South Brittany Airport[48], an airport[49], in France[50].
Why It Matters
Brittany has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Brittany is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Brittany include Bretagne[44], a battleship[45]; Brittany[46], a female given name[47]; and Lorient South Brittany Airport[48], an airport[49], in France[50].