Brittany

:This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. For the current French administrative region of Bretagne, see Bretagne. For other meanings, see Brittany (disambiguation).

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Brittany (French: Bretagne, ; Breton: Breizh; Gallo: Berta?yn) is a former independent duchy, then province of France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the old province.

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The historical province of Brittany was split between two modern-day r?gions of France. 80% of Brittany has become the r?gion of Bretagne, while the remaining 20% of Brittany (Loire-Atlantique d?partement with its pr?fecture Nantes, the old capital of the duchy of Brittany) has been grouped with other historical provinces (Anjou, Maine, and so on) to create the r?gion of Pays-de-la-Loire (that is "lands of the Loire"). For the reasons behind the splitting-up of Brittany, and the current debate around a reunification, see the Bretagne article.

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Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of France, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. Its land area is 34,034 km? (13,137 sq. mi), which is about the same size as Taiwan, about 60% larger than Wales, and about 70% larger than Massachusetts.

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In 2004 the population of Brittany is estimated at 4,200,000 inhabitants. 72% of these live in the Bretagne r?gion, while 28% of these live in the Pays-de-la-Loire r?gion. At the 1999 census, the largest metropolitan areas were Nantes (711,120 inhabitants), Rennes (521,188 inhabitants), and Brest (303,484 inhabitants).

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