Morbihan is part of the current region of Bretagne and is surrounded
by the departments of Finistère, Côte-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Loire-Atlantique, and the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest.
The Gulf of Morbihan has many islands: 365 according to legend,
but, in reality, between 30 and 40, according to how they are counted. There are also many islets which are too small to be
built on. Of these islands, all but two are private: l'Île aux Moines and l'Île D'Arz. The others are privately owned, some
by movie stars or fashion designers.
In the department of Morbihan, but outside the Gulf, there are four
inhabited islands:
Belle Île, Groix, Houat, Hoëdic and Meaban, just outside the Port
du Crouesty is an ornithological reserve and it is forbidden to alight there.
