Île de Sein (Breton name 'Enez Sun') is one of the small French 'Ponant islands' (Îles du Ponant) in the Atlantic Ocean,'
at almost 9 kilometres from the 'Pointe du Raz' (Raz meaning tidal race), at the tip of Brittany.
No cars on the island, and even bicycles from the mainland are banned.
The island is almost 2 km. long and just 30 to 800 meters wide (0.58 km2 or 0.22 sq mi). Around 240 people live on the island.
Sein island has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and it was reputed to have been the very last refuge of the druids in Brittany.
Today islanders continue to make their living from the sea, gathering rainwater and seaweed and fishing for scallops, lobster and crayfish.
During World War II, all male residents of the island of military age (a total of 124 men aged 14 to 54) fled to London to join Charles de Gaulle's 'Free French'
within days of the French surrender to Germany in June 1940. In 1946, the island as a whole was admitted into the select French 'Order of the Liberation'
for this feat and its residents (the 'Sénans') were exempted from paying income tax, a privilege they enjoy to this day.