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Belle Île
Island off the coast of Brittany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the island off the coast of Brittany. For other uses, see Belle Isle (disambiguation).
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.
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Red dot: Location of the city Le Palais on Belle Île.
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.