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Eaux Vivantes d'Armor. Association Bretonne de protection de l'environnement et du patrimoine. Censuré par la presse. Publié par la Presse. Bibliographie (à disposition des adhérents). Notre site FACEBOOK : Bretagne Zones Humides. EVA sur You Tube. 8211; Affaire de KERISTAN. Pression foncière sur le Littoral : Exemple du Scandale du projet de village à Kerquestel, Paimpo. Pression foncière littorale : Projet de stockage ostréicole. Le scandale du tout à l’égout en zone rurale. Le tout à l’égout. Bienvenu...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Why has Llanfairpwll been rebranded Healthy-lung Village?

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Friday, 27 February 2015. Why has Llanfairpwll been rebranded Healthy-lung Village? Welsh place names to attract tourists. This article looks at how Chinese (Mandarin) names have been given to Welsh place names to attract tourists. Why has Llanfairpwll been rebranded Healthy-lung Village? Rhossili Bay a.k.a. 'Sun Rise Beach'. Snowdon a.k.a. 'Silver Peak'. Posted by Geoff Ells. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). So where is Brittany? Who are the Bretons? The Zh in Breizh, Brezhoneg and Breton Place Names.

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Douarnenez and the 'Two Islands'

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Monday, 23 February 2015. Douarnenez and the 'Two Islands'. When I was researching the origin of the name Douarnenez I was particularly interested in whether it might be derived from the Breton: daou. 8216;two’ [in Welsh: dau/dwy. And Breton: (an) enez. 8216;(the) island’ [Welsh: ynys. Can be found in the names Anglesey/Ynys Mon, the Isle of Bardsey/Ynys Enlli, Enniskillen (N. Ireland) and Inchmarnock (Scotland). Two' element was pushing it a bit, but conceivably we could view the peninsula (. Cause more...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: How did Saint Noyal lose her head?

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Tuesday, 7 April 2015. How did Saint Noyal lose her head? In Brittany there are a series of communes which carry the name Noyal: Noyal Pontivy (Morbihan);. Ille-et-Vilaine); and Noyal (Cotes d'Armor). Most French and Breton writers assume the name is connected with the Gaulish:. 8216;wetland’, 'marsh' [Old French: noue. Examples elsewhere in France include Nods (Franche-Comté), Noé (Midi-Pyrénées) and Les Noës (Aube). A further group derive the name from Gaulish: novio. New' and Gaulish: ialo. She settle...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: The legend of Saint Gwen of Brittany and Dorset

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Saturday, 10 January 2015. The legend of Saint Gwen of Brittany and Dorset. The church of Whitchurch-Canonicorum in Dorset is dedicated to Saint-Candida (a.k.a Saint-Wite). Below the east window there is an altar tomb with. Three openings which allowed devotees to reach inside the shrine in the hope of a miraculous cure for whatever ailed them. On the top of this there used to be a 14th century coffin built into a slab of local marble. Here lie the relics of Saint Wite. But who did bones belong to? Her n...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Uhel, Huel and Uzel

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Wednesday, 23 April 2014. Uhel, Huel and Uzel. There are a cluster of place names with Celtic roots which all mean 'high', 'above' or 'over'. In Welsh there is:. Upper', 'highest' [Felin-gwm-uchaf, Cwm Twrch Uchaf]. High' [Bonuchel, Gelli-Bonuchel]. Above', 'over' [Llanuwchllyn, Uwchmynydd]. High' [Uzel, Huelgoat, Canihuel, Gurunhuel]. Uxisama - 'the highest', 'the furthest' -[Ouessant]. Posted by Geoff Ells. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). So where is Brittany? Who are the Bretons? The church of Whi...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Saint Pol of Brittany

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Sunday, 20 April 2014. Saint Pol of Brittany. Seven Saints of Brittany. Saint Pol de Léon. Was a 6th-century saint from Wales. Paul Aurelian was the son of a Welsh prince and a disciple of St. Iltud at Llantwit (Saints Gildas and Samson were fellow students). Became the first bishop of. And was one of the. Seven founder saints of Brittany along with :. Route of the TROBREIZH pilgrimage. Saint Pol's bell, St Pol de Leon Cathedral. Pol arrived first on the Isle of Ouessant. And then the Isle of Batz. Where...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Why Quimper-Vannes? Why Camper Vans?

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Wednesday, 2 April 2014. Quimper and Vannes are, of course, two of the oldest and largest cities of Old Brittany, along with Rennes, Saint Brieuc, Brest and Nantes (now in Loire Atlantique). Their Breton names are Kemper. In French the names are pronounced. Not unlike the English 'camper van'. I could have chosen Quemperven. Which has it all in one. But the pronunciation, unfortunately,. Is a bit off. In 2012 I published. Colombo Jumbo: The Origin of Colombo Street Names. Posted by Geoff Ells. The ermine...

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QUIMPER-VANNES: Why all the Ermine?

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Tuesday, 1 April 2014. Why all the Ermine? The ermine ( Mustela erminea. Aka stoat or short-tailed weasel is the national emblem of Brittany. Its much sought after white winter coat was used for the cloaks, crowns and caps of the aristocracy. The eleven 'ermine spots' which form the pattern in the top left corner of the Breton flag represent the way the black-tipped tails were hung on the white fur. This heraldic ermine canton. A feature of the arms of the Dukes of Brittany. Breton flag with ermine canton.