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Brittany

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1 What is the total area of Brittany in square km?

2 What is the motto of Brittany?

3 How many square miles is Brittany in area?

4 What time offset in UTC is Brittany in during daylight savings?

5 What timezone is Brittany in?

6 What role did Brittany play in the telemovie Wire Desire?

7 What is the total population of Brittany?

8 What timezone is Brittany in during daylight savings?

9 [4] Over time the Armorican British colony expanded, forming a group of petty kingdoms which were later unified in the 840s under ________ in resistance to Frankish control.

10 TGV train services link the region with cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and ________ in France.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the founder of the artists' group Les Nabis, Paul SĂ©rusier, spent long visits painting in the Breton village of Châteauneuf-du-Faou?
  • the top of the Chapel of Saint-Michel at Parc naturel rĂ©gional d'Armorique is the highest point in Brittany, France?
  • the vagaries of the Couesnon River place Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy rather than Brittany?
  • the first Earl of Wiltshire was a Breton viscount, Harvey of LĂ©on, who served Stephen of England in the first phase of the civil war called the Anarchy?
  • the Barnenez Mound (pictured) in Brittany, France, is a cairn with 11 chambers built of 13,000 to 14,000 tons of stone dating to about 4500 BC, making it one of the earliest megalithic monuments in Europe?
  • Gavrinis, an island in the Gulf of Morbihan off the coast of Brittany, France, has a rich abundance of megalithic art from the New Stone Age?
  • according to Breton folklore, not completing the 600 km long Tro Breizh in one's lifetime would condemn their soul to repeating a tour of equivalent length every seven years from within their coffin?
  • an article she wrote about boar hunting in Brittany led to Kate Betts' career as a fashion journalist?
  • Camille Le Mercier d'Erm and his colleagues formed the Breton Nationalist Party in 1911 to advocate the independence of Brittany from France?
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