Belle-Isle-en-Terre

Commune in Brittany, France

Belle-Isle-en-Terre Benac'h
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Belle-Isle-en-Terre
(2020–2026)		François Le Marrec^[1]
Area ¹	14.11 km² (5.45 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,030
• Density	73/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22005 /22810
Elevation	77–266 m (253–873 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belle-Isle-en-Terre (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ tɛʁ]; Breton: Benac'h) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Belle isle - in modern French - Belle île meaning "beautiful island" and en Terre significate "on the ground".

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,142	—
1975	1,185	+0.53%
1982	1,204	+0.23%
1990	1,067	−1.50%
1999	1,099	+0.33%
2009	1,064	−0.32%
2014	1,081	+0.32%
2020	1,029	−0.82%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Inhabitants of Belle-Isle-en-Terre are called Bellilois in French.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 26 November 2007.

In 2008, 28.46% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine