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    Le Conquet (French pronunciation: [lə kɔ̃kɛ]; Breton: Konk-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. This is the...
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    Le Conquet radio or Call sign FFU (station Française Fixe de Ushant) was a French maritime radio station located in the city of Le Conquet (La Pointe du...
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    parks: Penlan Park and Parc Le Conquet. Penlan Park contains a bandstand and a woodland walk to the Dinefwr estate. Parc Le Conquet is home to the town’s bowls...
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    Quimper. The lighthouse: the lighthouse of the Kermorvan peninsula, at Le Conquet. Site de Guénoc (English: Guénoc place—the bleeding menhirs): built with...
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  • Saint Francis of Assisi in the choir area of the Ėglise Saint Derrien in Le Conquet. In Tréflévénez, in the Église Saint-Pierre there is a Doré sculpture...
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    his third solo transatlantic kayak trip when he kayaked into a port in Le Conquet, France from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey in May 2017. He was at sea for 110...
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    his nephew Henry, storms in the English Channel forced them to land at Le Conquet in Brittany, where they sought refuge with Francis II, Duke of Brittany...
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    Marquess of Dorset with the hope of recovering Guyenne. Howard then raided Le Conquet and Crozon on the Breton coast. During June and July 1512 Howard effectively...
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    Passenger ferries of the Penn Ar Bed company operate from Brest and Le Conquet year-round, and also from Camaret in summer, stopping at the island of...
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    it has a population of 3. It is administered as part of the commune of Le Conquet, St-Renan Canton, Brest Arrondissement, in Finistère Department. In 1292...
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    of the Hurtgen Forest. The 2nd Rangers were responsible for capturing Le Conquet Peninsula, where they disabled a 280 mm gun and took many German prisoners...
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    des Pierres Noires ("Black Rocks Pass"). It is part of the commune of Le Conquet and is owned by the French state. It was listed as an official French...
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    France but strong winds in the English Channel forced them to land at Le Conquet in Brittany. Henry Tudor, the only remaining Lancastrian noble with a...
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    1869. Communes of the Finistère department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    than in the past, is still practised, especially through the ports of Le Conquet, Douarnenez, Camaret and Brest. Catches range from crabs to sardines and...
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  • with Le Conquet in Finistère. It was in operation between 1903 and 1932. The first section of line, between St. Pierre-de-Quilbignon and Le Conquet opened...
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    Kador, Crozon Postolonnec, Crozon Îlette de Kermorvan, Le Conquet Pointe de Kermorvan, Le Conquet Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Plougonvelin Pointe entre Brenterc'h...
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    In the area around Saint-Renan, Trébabu and Le Conquet, light draft and carriage horses known as "Conquet horses" originate from the stud farms maintained...
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    arrived off Ushant on 25 August 1944 and attacked the coastal batteries at Le Conquet and Pointe Saint-Mathieu during the Battle for Brest. The U.S. VIII Corps...
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    largest Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) centre, le Cedre (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental...
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    against France from 24 August 1523. For his gallantry in the sea battle off Le Conquet (Brittany) he was rewarded on 13 July 1523 by being created a Knight of...
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    marks. Sir Edward Howard drowned on April 25, 1513, in a sea battle off Le Conquet. Alice Lovel died five years later. Retha M. Warnicke, « Lord Morley's...
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    Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017. "Les Mères Lyonnaises,Cuisine des Gones Cuisine lyonnaise". www.cuisine-des-gones...
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    cartographer of the Dieppe school in the 16th century. He was from the port of Le Conquet, near Brest, which is shown prominently in large red lettering on his...
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    Quéménévenois. Communes of the Finistère department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    English fleet, raided the French coast and in 1558 burnt the town of Le Conquet and the surrounding area. With Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Clinton...
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    meaning "confluence". The town developed at the confluence of the rivers Le Steir and L'Odet. Shops and flags celebrate the region's Celtic heritage....
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    Paris: Histoire & collections: Page 71. 2002. Bellu, René. Toutes les Simca. Le Conquet: Studio Gernot. (published and distributed privately, no ISBN) "SIMCA...
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    of Kermorvan in today's commune of Ploumoguer and bordering the ria of Le Conquet, but the whole peninsula of Crozon with its large bays and safe harbors...
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    2023-07-01. Bellu, René. Toutes les Simca. Le Conquet: Studio Gernot. (published and distributed privately, no ISBN) "Les SIMCA Vedette" [The Simca Vedettes]...
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