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Lower Brittany

Index Lower Brittany

Lower Brittany (Breizh-Izel; Basse-Bretagne) denotes the parts of Brittany west of Ploërmel, where the Breton language has been traditionally spoken, and where the culture associated with this language is most prolific. [1]

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Batz-sur-Mer

Batz-sur-Mer (Breton: Bourc'h-Baz) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Bertrand d'Argentré

Bertrand d'Argentré (or Argentraeus) (19 May 1519 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine – 13 February 1590) was a Breton jurist and historian.

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Binic

Binic (Gallo: Binic) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Breton language

Breton (brezhoneg or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Brittany.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Bro Gwened

Gwened, Bro-Gwened (Standard Bro-Wened) or Vannetais (Pays Vannetais) is a historic realm and county of Brittany in France.

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Cornouaille

Cornouaille (Kernev or Kerne) is a historic region of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Culture of France

The culture of Paris,in France and of the French people has been shaped by geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups.

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Fañch Broudig

Fañch Broudig or François Broudic (born 1946 in Buhulien) is a Breton journalist and Breton- and French-language writer.

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French architecture

French architecture ranks high among France's many accomplishments.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Guérande

Guérande (Gwenrann) is a medieval town located in the ''département'' of Loire-Atlantique in western France.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it.

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History of France

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age.

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Josselin

Josselin is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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Lorraine

Lorraine (Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; German:; Loutrengen) is a cultural and historical region in north-eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.

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Loudéac

Loudéac (Gallo: Loudia) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Lower Normandy

Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie,; Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France.

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Malestroit

Malestroit is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.

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Parish close

Parish close is a translation of the French term enclos paroissial.

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Paul Sébillot

Paul Sébillot (6 February 1843 in Matignon, Côtes-d'Armor, France – 23 April 1918 in Paris) was a French folklorist, painter, and writer.

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Ploërmel

Church Saint-Armel Ploërmel (Gallo language: Pieurmè) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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Plouha

Plouha (Gallo: Plóha) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Poitou

Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.

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Religion in France

Religion in France can attribute its diversity to the country's adherence to Freedom of religion and freedom of thought, as guaranteed by the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

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Rennes

Rennes (Roazhon,; Gallo: Resnn) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine.

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Romance languages

The Romance languages (also called Romanic languages or Neo-Latin languages) are the modern languages that began evolving from Vulgar Latin between the sixth and ninth centuries and that form a branch of the Italic languages within the Indo-European language family.

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Upper Brittany

Upper Brittany (Haute-Bretagne; Breizh-Uhel; Gallo: Haùtt-Bertaèyn) is the eastern part of Brittany France, which is predominantly of a Romance culture and is associated with the Gallo language.

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Redirects here:

Basse Bretagne, Basse-Bretagne, Breizh-Izel.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Brittany

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