''For the city in

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, see

Sept-Îles, Quebec Sept-Îles (, , ) is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec. Along with Brador, Quebec, Brador and Blanc-Sablon, Sept-Îles is one of the oldest places in the province. The population was 24,569 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The ...

Sept-Îles (, "Seven Islands") or Jentilez (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 **Gale ...

) is a small

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...

off the north coast of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

, in the

Perros-Guirec Perros-Guirec (; ) is a commune in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany. It has been a seaside resort since the end of the 19th century. Geography Climate Perros-Guirec has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). T ...

commune of

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.seabird Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adaptation, adapted to life within the marine ecosystem, marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent ...

s, including

northern gannet The northern gannet (''Morus bassanus'') is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and Northeastern North America. It is the largest seabird in t ...

cormorant Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) ado ...

s, and members of the

Alcidae Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into ...

family (

puffin Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus ''Fratercula''. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crev ...

common guillemot The common murre or common guillemot (''Uria aalge'') is a large auk. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to ...

razorbill The razorbill (''Alca torda'') is a North Atlantic colonial seabird and the only extant member of the genus ''Alca (bird), Alca'' of the family Alcidae, the auks. It is the closest living relative of the extinct great auk (''Pinguinus impennis' ...

s). This is also a reserve for

grey seal The grey seal (''Halichoerus grypus'') is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only species classified in the genus ''Halichoerus'', it is found on both shores of the Nort ...

Islands of the Archipelago

Despite its name, the ''Sept-Iles'' are only made up of five islands and a handful of rocks. The French name ''Sept-Iles'' derived from a misunderstanding of the old

name for the islands, the ''Sentiles''. The name stuck, however, and two groups of

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...

s were designated as islands in order for the name to stay true. The 5 main islands (or ''Enez'' in

) are: * ''Enez Bonno'' in Breton, ''Île Bono'' in French: the largest of the islands; * ''Enez Plat'' in Breton, ''Île plate'' in French; * ''Enez ar Breur'' or ''Jentilez'' in Breton, ''Île aux Moines'' in French: the only island accessible to the public, where you can find a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

(the

Sept-Îles Lighthouse The Sept-Îles Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Perros-Guirec, (Côtes-d'Armor) France, located on the ''Île aux moines'', an island of the Sept-Îles archipelago in the English Channel. The island is accessible, but the lighthouse is clos ...

) and the remains of a

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; * ''Melbann'' in Breton, ''Île de Malban'' in French; * ''Riouzig'' in Breton, ''Île Rouzic'' in French: the main spot for birds. In addition to these islands, the two reefs are called ''ar Zerr'' in Breton, ''le Cerf'' in French (the deer), and ''Kostann''. Other islets include ''Enez ar Razhed'' (Rat island) and ''ar Moudennoù''. The isle of ''Taveeg'' (Tomé) is closer to the coast, and is not considered part of the archipelago.

Gallery

L'Île aux moines - 7 iles.jpg, Enez ar Breur, with the

and the fort Île plate 1.jpg, Enez plat Malban.jpg, Enez Melbann Morus bassanus - Colonie de fous de bassan.jpg, Enez Riouzig

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Islands of the Archipelago

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