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Brittany, France |
 Brittany is the most Westerly area of mainland France |
The Breton Flag has 5 black and 4 white stripes. The 4 white stripes represent the 4 Breton speaking Bishoprics (Breton is akin to Welsh), the 5 black represent the 5 Gallic (French) speaking Bishoprics. In the corner are 11 ermines, representing the 11 kings and dukes who ruled independent Brittany before its incorporation in France (in 1532) |
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Here is the web site of the Breton Tourist board
This page will be added to as time goes on. Click here to find out about a book which gives you 30 Great Days out in Brittany, and tells you much more the region.
It
is made up of 5 Departments. It has 2,000 kilometres (1250 miles - about
a third of France's total) coastline.