and ending in the south, east of the Rhuys peninsula, in Morbihan. While most often spelled Gallo, the name of the language is sometimes written as Galo...
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Brittany (section Gallo-Roman era)
[bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx];[dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country...
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Brittany (French: Bretagne [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh [brɛjs]; Gallo: Bertaèyn [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about...
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Ploërmel (category Communes of Morbihan)
Ploërmel (French: [ploɛʁmɛl] ; Breton: Ploermael; Gallo language: Pieurmè) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France...
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people as of 2013. The other principal minority language of Brittany is Gallo; Gallo is spoken only in Upper Brittany, where Breton used to be spoken as well...
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Vannes (category Communes of Morbihan)
pronounced [ˈɡweːnet], [ˈɡɥeːnet]) is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years...
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Locminé (category Communes of Morbihan)
Locminé (French pronunciation: [lɔkmine]; Gallo: Lominoec, Breton: Logunec'h) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western...
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Lorient (category Communes of Morbihan)
(French: [lɔʁjɑ̃] ; Breton: An Oriant) is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements...
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Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, Breton: Liger-Izelañ)...
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Peillac (category Communes of Morbihan)
(French pronunciation: [pɛjak] ; Breton: Paolieg; Gallo: Peilla) is a commune in the east of Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. The...
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Ille-et-Vilaine (French pronunciation: [il e vilɛn] ; Gallo: Ill-e-Vilaenn, Breton: Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of...
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La Gacilly (category Communes of Morbihan)
Gacilly (French pronunciation: [la ɡasiji]; Gallo: La Gaczilhae, Breton: Gazilieg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France...
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Brittany and is bounded by the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine to the east, Morbihan to the south, and Finistère to the west, and by the English Channel to...
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known as the Cité de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc...
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Bignan (category Communes of Morbihan)
Bignan (French pronunciation: [biɲɑ̃]; Breton: Begnen) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France. The town is based on the...
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Brittany as well as the promotion of its regional languages (Breton and Gallo) and its associated culture. The Breton Democratic Union has presently four...
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of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Morbihan's 4th constituency. In the 2017 elections, he was one of only four deputies...
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Saint-Brieuc ([sɛ̃ bʁijø], Breton: Sant-Brieg pronounced [sãnt ˈbriːɛk], Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in...
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French: [bʁətɔ̃]; endonym: brezhoneg [bʁeˈzɔ̃ːnɛk] or [bɾəhɔ̃ˈnek] in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language group spoken...
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List of châteaux in Brittany (section Morbihan)
Listed as an Historic Monument. Château de Monterfil, at Corseul (site gallo-romain). Listed as an Historic Monument. Château de la Motte-Broons, at...
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Horses in Breton culture (section Gallo-Roman)
au cheval gai de sable), Saint-Ségal (a horse Argent) and Tréméoc. In Morbihan, there's Crac'h (a golden horse's head), Merlevenez (Templiers on horseback)...
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become Nantes Cathedral. He died in Kerbellec, village commune Réguiny (Morbihan), and his tomb (emptied since the Norman invasions in late 9th century)...
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parapsychologist ". She has operated a paranormal and ectoplasm center since 2013 in Morbihan. She is also a composer and accordion player, who has played in dance halls...
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Nantes (/nɒ̃t/, US also /nɑːnt(s)/; French: [nɑ̃t] ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department...
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Middle Ages in Cornouaille in west-central Brittany. Its capital was the Gallo-Roman city of Vorgium, capital of the Osismii, which became Carhaix after...
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located at the northwestern edge of Loire-Atlantique at the limit of the Morbihan 25 km from Saint-Nazaire, 65 km northwest of Nantes, and 25 km south of...
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Votes % Anne Le Hénanff Ensemble Horizons 35,627 42.13 57,609 71.65 Anne Gallo New Popular Front Miscellaneous left 23,884 28.24 Joseph Martin National...
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and Brittonic cultures. This led to the rise of hybrid cultures known as Gallo-Roman and Romano-British during Late antiquity. As a consequence, Celtic...
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Founded around 10 BC under the name of Augustoritum, it became an important Gallo-Roman city. During the Middle Ages Limoges became a large city, strongly...
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The 1st constituency of Morbihan is a French legislative constituency in the Morbihan département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects...
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