QUIBERON, a market-town of France, in the depart-
ment of Morbihan, and arrondissement of L'Orient. It is
situated on a peninsula, in a bay of the same name, and
contains 1850 inhabitants. It is defended by the fort Pen-
thièvre, on the same peninsula, and is remarkable for the
unsuccessful attempt made in 1795, by a body of royalist
emigrants, under the brave Sombrel.