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    The Blavet (French pronunciation: [blavɛ]; Breton: Blavezh) river flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast near Lorient...
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    Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700 – October 28, 1768) was a French composer and flute virtuoso. Although Blavet taught himself to play almost every instrument...
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    of Blavet (French: Bataille du Blavet) was an encounter between the Huguenot forces of Soubise and a French fleet under the Duke of Nevers in Blavet harbour...
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    Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called Pontivyens...
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  • France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Bon Repos sur Blavet. Inhabitants of Saint-Gelven are called saintgelvenois in French. Communes...
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    the start of the Brittany Campaign in 1590 at what was then known as Port Blavet during the War of the Catholic League. At the time, the governor of Brittany...
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    and well-conducted attack (in 1625) on the Royalist fleet in the river Blavet (which included the cutting of a boom in the face of superior numbers) and...
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    stronghold of La Rochelle, and as a strong fleet was being prepared in Blavet for the eventuality of a siege of the city. The threat of a future siege...
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    Bon Repos sur Blavet (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃ ʁəpo syʁ blavɛ], literally Bon Repos on Blavet; Breton: Berrepoz-ar-Blavezh) is a commune in the department...
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    region of France. It links the cities of Kervignac and Lanester across the Blavet river, replacing a ferry that had been in use since the 17th century. Its...
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    Massif de l'Esterel Gorges du Blavet Highest point Coordinates 43° 30′ N, 6° 49′ E Naming Language of name French Geography...
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    Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur, the governor of Brittany, offered the port of Blavet to King Philip II of Spain so that he could harbour his fleet. The occupation...
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    Logonna-Daoulas) Odet (near Quimper) Laïta (in Guidel) Ellé (in Quimperlé) Blavet (in Lorient) Ével (in Baud, Morbihan) Vilaine (in Pénestin) Oust (in Redon)...
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    up to Brittany, where he led his successful attack on the royal fleet in Blavet, although he could not take the fort after a three-week siege. Soubise then...
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    as a U-boat dock was the fisherman's wharf of Keroman(fr) on the River Blavet, between the districts of Keroman and La Perriere. This was a quayed inlet...
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    directors, Denis Langlois, bought lands at the confluence of the Scorff and the Blavet rivers, and built slipways. At first, it only served as a subsidiary of...
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    independently and the score reprinted in many song collections. The flautist Michel Blavet arranged the music for this and the poem's final stanza, Dans les champs...
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  • France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Bon Repos sur Blavet. Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble...
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    Communauté Communauté de communes de Belle-Île-en-Mer Communauté de communes de Blavet Bellevue Océan CC Centre Morbihan Communauté Communauté de communes de l'Oust...
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    parisienne : la ville et le théâtre : 1884 (à 1889) / par Parisis (Emile Blavet), p.122; Gallica BnF Le Figaro (Paris. 1854), 1884/03/02 (Numéro 62), p...
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    (PK 227), a short distance west of the junction with the canalised river Blavet at Pontivy. The dam was supposed to be equipped with ladder of locks, receiving...
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    it crosses the Canal de Nantes à Brest, giving access to Pontivy and the Blavet (west) and Nantes (east). Ille Meu Seiche Semnon Chère Don Oust Isac Sandre...
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    420 men to Brittany where they established a base of operations on the Blavet river. The English and Dutch ultimately failed to disrupt the various fleets...
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  • terms. The brother of Rohan, Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, attacked a royal fleet in the battle of Blavet in January 1625. List of treaties v t e v t e v t e...
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    related to Citadelle de Port-Louis. (in French) François Jégou, Le port de Blavet (Port-Louis) et Jérôme d'Arradon, seigneur de Quinipily : politique et religion...
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  • Guédon de Presles (c. 1700–1754) Louis Antoine Lefebvre (1700–1763) Michel Blavet (1700–1768) Sebastian Bodinus (1700–1759) Domenico Dall'Oglio (1700–1764)...
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  • François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834) Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755) Michel Blavet (1700–1768) Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897) Claude Bolling (1930–2020) Mélanie...
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  • Jean-Marie Leclair the elder (1697–1764) François Francoeur (1698–1787) Michel Blavet (1700–1768) Christophe Moyreau (1700–1774) Jean-Marie Leclair the Younger...
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  • Berthomieu Pierre Dux - Veslot Bella Darvi - Isolène René Lefèvre - Commissaire Blavet Robert Manuel - Casa André Valmy - Mauricet Henri Crémieux - X.A. Pallos...
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    Nantes-Brest canal which from this location, followed the course of the river Blavet. Seventeen of the old locks on the canal were submerged in the Lake. Lake...
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