or BRETAGNE, a considerable province of France, which is 150 miles in length and 112 in breadth. It is a peninsula, surrounded on all sides by the ocean except on the east, where it joins to Anjou, Maine, Normandy, and Poitou. It is divided into the upper and lower; and therein are large forests. It carries on a great trade, by reason of the many harbours on its coasts. It was united to the crown of France in 1532. Rennes is the capital town. According to the new division of France, Brittany is divided into several departments.