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Brittany Map
Every department, city and town in Brittany on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Printable maps of Brittany
Free to print for class and home: Brittany with its cities and towns, a map of its departments, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.
Brittany map with cities
Brittany departments map
Key facts
- Capital
- Rennes
- Largest city
- Rennes (230,890)
- Population
- 3,449,370 (2023)
- Area
- 27,206 km² (10,504 sq mi)
- Departments of Brittany
- 4
- Most populous department
- Ille-et-Vilaine (1,120,666)
- Largest department by area
- Côtes-d'Armor, 6,877 km² (2,655 sq mi)
About Brittany
Brittany has 4 departments and about 3,449,370 people (2023) on 27,206 km² (10,504 sq mi). Rennes is both the capital and the largest city, with 230,890 people. It borders Normandy and Pays de la Loire.
Ille-et-Vilaine is the most populous department (1,120,666 people) and Côtes-d'Armor the least (611,859); Côtes-d'Armor is the largest by area (6,877 km²) and Finistère the smallest (6,732 km²).
Largest cities in Brittany
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 273 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rennes | Ille-et-Vilaine | 230,890 |
| 2 | Brest | Finistère | 142,346 |
| 3 | Quimper | Finistère | 64,385 |
| 4 | Lorient | Morbihan | 58,329 |
| 5 | Vannes | Morbihan | 55,790 |
| 6 | Saint-Malo | Ille-et-Vilaine | 47,439 |
| 7 | Saint-Brieuc | Côtes-d'Armor | 44,364 |
| 8 | Lanester | Morbihan | 23,263 |
| 9 | Concarneau | Finistère | 20,845 |
| 10 | Lannion | Côtes-d'Armor | 20,315 |
| 11 | Fougères | Ille-et-Vilaine | 20,307 |
| 12 | Bruz | Ille-et-Vilaine | 19,683 |
| 13 | Vitré | Ille-et-Vilaine | 19,365 |
| 14 | Ploemeur | Morbihan | 18,872 |
| 15 | Cesson-Sévigné | Ille-et-Vilaine | 18,761 |
| 16 | Lamballe-Armor | Côtes-d'Armor | 17,241 |
| 17 | Landerneau | Finistère | 16,363 |
| 18 | Hennebont | Morbihan | 15,910 |
| 19 | Guipavas | Finistère | 15,538 |
| 20 | Morlaix | Finistère | 15,194 |
| 21 | Dinan | Côtes-d'Armor | 14,764 |
| 22 | Pontivy | Morbihan | 14,640 |
| 23 | Plérin | Côtes-d'Armor | 14,425 |
| 24 | Auray | Morbihan | 14,207 |
| 25 | Douarnenez | Finistère | 14,068 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026); the 4 departments add up to the region's 3,449,370, as on the France map. Towns are communes at their town halls: every prefecture and sub-prefecture, and every other commune of 3,000 people or more.
Departments of Brittany
All 4 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Saint-Brieuc | 611,859 | 6,877 | |
| Quimper | 933,455 | 6,732 | |
| Rennes | 1,120,666 | 6,774 | |
| Vannes | 783,390 | 6,823 |
Quizzes and worksheets
Sources
- Departments, regions, prefectures, sub-prefectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways and national roads: IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.
- Rivers, lakes and lagoons: Sandre, BD TOPAGE 2025 (watercourses and water bodies, edition of August 2025).