布列塔尼半岛

布列塔尼 Bretagne / Breizh / Bertaèyn
旗幟 徽章
格言：Kentoc'h mervel eget bezañ saotret "Rather death than dishonour"
颂歌："Bro Gozh ma Zadoù" "Old Land of My Fathers" (de facto)
Location of Brittany (dark blue) within the European Union (light blue)
坐标：48°N 3°W
Country	法國
Largest settlements	列表 Nantes Rennes Brest Lorient Quimper Vannes Redon Saint-Brieuc Saint-Nazaire
面积
• 总计	34,023 平方公里（13,136 平方英里）
人口（January 2007 estimate）
• 總計	4,365,500人
时区	CET（UTC+1）
• 夏时制	CEST（UTC+2）

布列塔尼半岛在法国的位置

布列塔尼半岛（法語：Bretagne，[bʁətaɲ] （^ⓘ）；布列塔尼語：Breizh，[brɛjs]；高盧語：Bertaèyn）是法国西北部历史上的一個半岛，文化及行政上的一個地區名稱。布列塔尼半岛的北部面向英倫海峽，南部對着比斯開灣，古城阿摩里卡，范围包括塞纳河和罗亚尔河之间的沿海地区。整個半島的面積有34,023 km²。

凯尔特人是布列塔尼半岛最早的居民，而布列塔尼亦是昔日的六個凱爾特邦國之一。後來布列塔尼半岛被凯撒征服，成为罗马的鲁格顿西斯行省。5世纪时，不列颠人入侵，所以这块西北端地区被称作布列塔尼，外號小不列顛（與大不列顛相對）。

布列塔尼半岛克洛维一世征服，但无论是墨洛温王朝还是加洛林王朝都未能有效控制它。13世纪法国提出领土要求，但一直到15世纪，这里还是独立的邦国。1532年，法蘭西帝國與布列塔尼聯合，布列塔尼半岛被併为法国的一个省，其省級地位一直持续到法国大革命时期。

The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments: Finistère in the west, Côtes-d'Armor in the north, Ille-et-Vilaine in the north east, the Loire-Atlantique in the south east and Morbihan in the south on the Bay of Biscay.

In 1956, French Regions were created by gathering Departements between them. The Region of Brittany comprises, since then, four of the five Breton départements (80% of historical Brittany), while the remaining area of the old Brittany, the Loire-Atlantique département, around Nantes, forms part of the Pays de la Loire region. This territorial organisation is regularly contested.

In January 2007 the population of historic Brittany was estimated to be 4,365,500. Of these, 71% lived in the région of Brittany, while 29% lived in the région of Pays-de-la-Loire. At the 1999 census, the largest metropolitan areas were Nantes (711,120 inhabitants), Rennes (521,188 inhabitants), and Brest (303,484 inhabitants).