The Monts d'Arrée, or Menezioù Are in

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

, are an ancient mountain range in western

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

which forms part of the

Armorican massif The Armorican Massif (french: Massif armoricain, ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. It is important because it is connected to Do ...

. Historically it marked the border of the regions of

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...

and

Léon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

. The mounts constitute rocks dramatically emerging from the land, running in a north-eastern line across the landscape. Image:Bretagne_Finistere_RocTrevezel_1991_001.jpg, Roc'h Trevezel Image:Bretagne_Finistere_RocTrevezel_1991_002.jpg, Roc'h Trevezel File:Émetteur de Roc'h Trédudon.jpg, Roc'h Tredudon

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Statistic concerning Breton mountains.
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