Kibron ( French Presqu'île de Quiberon ) - a narrow peninsula on the southern coast of Brittany , protruding into the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean ; territory of the Morbian department (56).
| Kibron | |
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| fr. Quiberon , Bret. Kiberen | |
 Peninsula satellite image | |
| Location | |
| Water area | Bay of Biscay |
| A country |
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Part of the coast of the Qibron Peninsula is called the “Wild Coast” ( La Côte Sauvage )
Commons
The population of the peninsula lives in two communes :
- Quiberon
- Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
History
The Qibron Peninsula has gained particular fame since the 1795 expedition undertaken by French emigrants to support a royalist uprising in northwestern France. The expedition ended in the defeat of emigrants at the Battle of Quiberon .
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Literature
- Cyberon // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.