Île d'Arz
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Vannes-2 | |
| Community association | Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ′ N , 2 ° 48 ′ W | |
| height | 0-17 m | |
| surface | 3.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 225 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56840 | |
| INSEE code | 56088 | |
| Website | http://www.iledarz.fr/ | |
 Île-d'Arz, school and town hall |
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The Île d'Arz is a French island and a municipality with 225 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .
It is located in the Gulf of Morbihan about three kilometers off the Breton coast near Vannes . It is about 2.5 km long and 2 km wide and one of the two island communities in the Gulf of Morbihan.
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The largest sailing school in France, Les Glénans , has one of its headquarters on the island . Practical and theoretical sailing courses are offered there.
The island receives up to 2500 visitors a day in the main season. The number of visitors is around 200,000 per year.
On the island is the dolmen à couloir of "Pen Raz", the dolmen de la Pointe de Liouse and a tide mill (Moulin à marée).
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Île d'Arz
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 1003-1005.
Web links
- Entry about the Isle d'Ars in the Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne, 2nd volume, by Jean Ogée (1778)