Douarnenez (Breton pronunciation: [duarˈnẽːnɛs], French: [dwaʁnəne]; meaning douar (land) an enez (the island) or land of the island), is a commune in...
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The Baie de Douarnenez (French pronunciation: [bɛ də dwaʁnəne]; Breton: Bae Douarnenez) is a bay in Finistère, France, between the Crozon Peninsula to...
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to a muffin-shaped, caramelized croissant. A specialty of the town of Douarnenez in Finistère, Brittany where it originated around 1860, the pastry is...
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the ocean. Most versions of the legend place the city in the Baie de Douarnenez. In the original Breton, the city receives the name of Kêr Ys, which translates...
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The Canton of Douarnenez is a French canton, located in the Finistère département (Brittany région). Since the French canton reorganisation which came...
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Maurice Le Scouëzec, was born in Mans on 1 October 1881 and died at Douarnenez on the 1 May 1940. He was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and writer...
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Jean Marie Le Bris (25 March 1817, Concarneau – 17 February 1872, Douarnenez) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany who built two glider aircraft...
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the founders of the magazine Chasse-Marée. In 1986 and 1988, it was in Douarnenez that this gathering was organized by this same association. In 1986, 400...
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first section of the long-distance hiking trail in Finistère, linking Douarnenez to Faou. It belonged to the GR 37, but part would be linked to the GR...
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past, is still practised, especially through the ports of Le Conquet, Douarnenez, Camaret and Brest. Catches range from crabs to sardines and monkfish...
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located at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary off the French port of Douarnenez in south-western Brittany. It is only about 450 m long and 250 m wide...
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south, it faces the north side of cap Sizun and closes off the baie de Douarnenez. Consisting of heath, heather and maritime pines, this headland maintains...
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Louis Le Breton (1818 in Douarnenez – 1866) was a French painter who specialised in marine paintings. Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont...
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the embedded instrumentation. Brest-Douarnenez. One of the longest trips the robot has done is Brest-Douarnenez where Vaimos has done more than 100 km...
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Drheam-Cup 700, Europa Warm’Up, Istanbul Europa Race, Bermudes 1000 Race - Douarnenez / Cascais, Record SNSM, Transat St Barth - Port La Forêt Races with little...
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include Quimper (the capital), Concarneau, Morlaix, Carhaix, Quimperlé and Douarnenez. Finistère includes the island of Ushant (Eusa in Breton, Ouessant in...
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Georges Washington (7 September 1827, Marseille - 1910, Douarnenez) was a French Orientalist painter. Most of his works featured soldiers and horses. Georges...
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tradition. Most versions of the legend place the city in the Baie de Douarnenez. The following individuals are known for having written on the subject...
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Concert 1992 Douarnenez or Akt I) is a live album by French rock band Magma. The tracks were recorded live at the Festival Jazz en Baie in Douarnenez on 2 August...
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The sardine workers' strike was a series of strikes in 1905 and 1924 in Douarnenez and Concarneau in the French province of Brittany initiated by women workers...
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Château de Kerguéhennec, in Bignan. Museums in Saint-Malo, Lorient and Douarnenez are dedicated to ships and maritime traditions and history. The Musée...
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Filipina, and Louis Paul Heussaff, a former sailor in the French Navy from Douarnenez, in Brittany, who is now the head of a service company SOS, for the petroleum...
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remain. The area is known as the place where sardine canning was invented. Douarnenez was the world's leading sardine exporter in the 19th century. The sardines...
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Laser 2013 Trujillo Laser 2022 Valledupar Laser Bolivarian Beach Games 2014 Huanchaco Laser World Laser Championships (Under 21) 2014 Douarnenez Laser...
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ISBN 9027975728. New, expanded edition, 1995, Spézet-Douarnenez: Coop-Breizh. ISBN 2909924394. Douarnenez: Chasse-Marée-Armen. ISBN 2903708592. Reprinted 1997...
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(1st edn. 2001). Deshayes, Albert. Dictionnaire étymologique du breton. Douarnenez, France: Le Chasse-Marée, 2003. Dottin, Georges. La langue gauloise: Grammaire...
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de Douarnenez" and "Avant-port à Tréboul," oil on canvas. Quimper, Musée Départemental Breton. Saint-Aigulin, Town Hall: "Sur le port de Douarnenez," drawing...
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drawing with charcoal in the workshop. He attended primary school in Douarnenez and secondary school in Quimper, then enrolled at the Normal School in...
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(1988) Autour de Jean Follain et de quelques autres (1991) À propos de Douarnenez (1999) Poésie de Bretagne, aujourd'hui (2002) Les Armures du silence (2002)...
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(31 m) Skeaf VII [fr] 1916 Sailing cruiser Germany (Lemwerder) France (Douarnenez, Bretagne) 92 ft (28 m) SM UB-46 1916 U-boat Germany (Bremen) Turkey (Çanakkale)...
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