Brittany, called Bretagne in French, is one of the metropolitan regions of France, with the code FR.BT and its capital at Rennes. It covers about 27,208 square kilometres, or 10,505 square miles, and one regional listing counts 3,301,802 inhabitants while the national population estimate for 1 January 2026 is 3,510,058. Census figures for the region rise steadily from about 2.6 million in 1975. It is made up of departments that include Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan, and Ille-et-Vilaine, where Rennes stands, is the most populous of them. Brittany is one of the thirteen mainland regions that France lists at this level, alongside regions such as Normandie and Pays de la Loire.
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1. Regions of France (Statoids)
Regions of France table, population
Bretagne FR.BT 3,301,802 27,208 10,505 Rennes
Regions of France table, area
Bretagne FR.BT 3,301,802 27,208 10,505 Rennes
Part Of: France, Regions of France table
Bretagne FR.BT 3,301,802 27,208 10,505 Rennes
On Continent: Europe, Regions of France table, continent
Bretagne FR.BT 3,301,802 27,208 10,505 Rennes
Has Capital: Rennes, Regions of France table, capital
Bretagne FR.BT 3,301,802 27,208 10,505 Rennes
View the Source2. citypopulation.de: France: Administrative Division (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deRegions and Departments table, 2026-01-01 estimateQuote, Regions and Departments table, 2026-01-01 estimate
Bretagne Region 2,595,431 2,707,886 2,795,638 2,906,197 3,120,288 3,293,850 3,449,370 3,510,058
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