region of France, Brittany has a Regional Council, which was most recently elected in 2021. The capital of the administrative region is Rennes, although...
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The flag of Brittany (Breton: banniel Breiz; French: drapeau de la Bretagne), a region in the northwest of France, is called the Gwenn-ha-du ([ɡwɛnaˈdyː])...
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affiliation: Duchy of Brittany, an historical administrative unit Brittany (administrative region), the present-day administrative region of Brittany, in France...
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of Brittany or Breton Reunification is a political movement to reunite the Loire-Atlantique department with the administrative region of Brittany, to...
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council. Since then, the region of Brittany has had its own council and administrative bodies. When the region of Brittany was created, several local...
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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (category Artists from Brittany (administrative region))
urban projects. Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were born in Quimper, Brittany, where previous generations of their family had farmed. Ronan studied at...
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Alfred Guillou (category Artists from Brittany (administrative region))
Alfred Guillou (12 September 1844, Concarneau - 1926, Concarneau) was a French painter of Breton heritage. His father was a fisherman and farmer who served...
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Georges Hanna Sabbagh (category Artists from Brittany (administrative region))
(now Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University). His family and the region of Brittany (where his children were born) provided him with subjects for many...
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it is not meant to be confused with the administrative region of Brittany, which are the boundaries of Brittany as politically defined by France's historical...
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Jean-Marie Villard (category Artists from Brittany (administrative region))
of his canvases were landscapes and genre works inspired by his native region, painted during periodic visits to Ploaré. In 1870, after leaving Paris...
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Historic Brittany, comprising Brittany (administrative region) and Loire-Atlantique People: Bretons Proposed state or autonomous region: Brittany Advocacy...
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into administrative regions although the administrative region of Brittany does not encompass the entirety of the medieval duchy. The Duchy of Brittany that...
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to: Brittany, the historic province in northwestern France called Bretagne in French Brittany (administrative region), the present-day French region, also...
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Bretons (section Symbols of Brittany)
of Brittany. In 1945, Breton speakers consisted about 75% of the population. In 2018, a study commissioned by the administrative region of Brittany (Loire-Atlantique...
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Henri Gouzien (category Artists from Brittany (administrative region))
ADJOINT" The war memorial of Bignan 1923 159 men from this small town in Brittany laid down their lives during World War I as well as many who disappeared...
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Breton language (category Brittany)
Great Britain to Armorica (the ancient name for the coastal region that includes the Brittany peninsula) by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages...
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regions of southern France, Brittany, and recently the island of Corsica. Dordogne has a large British immigrant community. The region has between 5,000 and...
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Centre-Val de Loire to the southeast, Pays de la Loire to the south, and Brittany to the southwest. Its prefecture and largest city is Rouen, although the...
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Normandy (redirect from Normandie (administrative region))
British Crown Dependencies, and are not part of the modern French administrative region of Normandy. Although the British surrendered claims to mainland...
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the west of France, now a French region; for this modern administrative sense, see Brittany (administrative region). The British Isles is a group of...
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identity. Its administrative existence was reconstituted, in reduced size, as the Region of Brittany in the mid-20th century. The history of Brittany begins...
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Regions of France (redirect from Administrative regions of France)
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région [ʁeʒjɔ̃]), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France...
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Lower Brittany (Breton: Breizh-Izel; French: Basse-Bretagne) denotes the parts of Brittany west of Ploërmel, where the Breton language has been traditionally...
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Picardy (redirect from Picardie (ancienne région administrative))
[piˈkaʀdi]) is a historical and cultural territory and a former administrative region located in northern France. The first mentions of this province...
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Pays (France) (section Pays of Brittany)
straddles 3 departments, including one located outside the current Brittany administrative region, the Loire Atlantique department. La Franche-Comté, consisting...
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The name is in counterpoint to Lower Brittany, the western part of the ancient province and present-day region, where the Breton language has traditionally...
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1982 Pierre Maille becomes mayor. Brest becomes part of the Brittany (administrative region). 1986 – Brest European Short Film Festival begins. 1997 –...
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excluded from the Region of Brittany and united with neighbouring French departments, under the lead of Angers. After the war these administrative changes were...
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Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk, Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 5th century and...
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Grand Est Bourgogne- Franche- Comté Centre- Val de Loire Pays de la Loire Brittany Nouvelle- Aquitaine Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes Occitania Provence- Alpes- Côte...
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