Beryl Island (English spelling) Belle‐Île

Japanese: ベリル[島]（英語表記）Belle‐Île

An island in northwestern France, on the southern coast of the Brittany Peninsula, about an hour's boat ride from the Quiberon Peninsula. It stretches from northwest to southeast, with a length of about 17 km, a width of 5-10 km, and an area of about 84 km2. The population was 5,500 (1980). It is said that about 15,000 vacationers gather there in the summer. It is surrounded by cliffs, and the island is like a plateau, reaching a maximum height of 63 m. The west coast is exposed to wind and rain, and gorse and wheat can be seen alternating, while the east coast and windshade areas have pastures where trees grow. The inhabitants are engaged in agriculture and fishing, and some are Canadians who settled there when the French colony became British Canada.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フランス北西部，ブルターニュ半島南岸，キブロン半島から船で約1時間のところにある島。北西から南東に細長く延び，長さ約17km，幅5～10km，面積約84km2。人口5500(1980)。夏季には約1万5000人の保養客が集まるといわれる。周囲は絶壁が多く，最高63mに達する台地状の島である。西岸は風と雨にさらされて，ハリエニシダと小麦が交互にみられ，東岸や風かげには牧草地があり樹木が育っている。住民は農･漁業を行い，一部にはフランス領が英領カナダになった折に定着したカナダ人もみられる。

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