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  2. Tourism in Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Brittany is, however, the leading region in France for the sale of pleasure boats, and sales of motorhomes are higher. [ 63 ] In 2015, tourism generated some 66,000 direct jobs, [ 56 ] with strong seasonal variations, ranging from 31,300 jobs in January to 68,500 in August.

  3. Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul.

  4. Cotentin Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Contentin. The Cotentin Peninsula (US: / ˌ k oʊ t ɒ̃ ˈ t æ̃ /, [1] French: [kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Cotentîn [kotɑ̃ˈtẽ] ⓘ), also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of France.

  5. Elven, Morbihan - Wikipedia

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    He stayed at most of the ducal and seigneurial houses in Brittany but stayed here the longest. The castle differed little from English castles but its striking feature was a 144-foot donjon of six storeys completed in 1475, isolated from the rest of the castle, by a moat.

  6. Dinard - Wikipedia

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    Dinard (French pronunciation:; Breton: Dinarzh, ; Gallo: Dinard) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, northwestern France. Dinard is on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a holiday destination, and this has resulted in the town having a variety of famous visitors and residents.

  7. Penvénan - Wikipedia

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    The town itself is inland, but the commune is best known for coastal hamlets of Buguélès and Port-Blanc, popular tourist spots from the late 19th century, and formers homes of Anatole Le Braz and Théodore Botrel. Charles Lindbergh, Aldous Huxley and Alexis Carrel also lived there for periods.

  8. Les Forges, Morbihan - Wikipedia

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    Les Forges (French pronunciation: [le fɔʁʒ] ⓘ; Breton: Ar Govelioù) is a former commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. [2] On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Forges de Lanouée. [3] Inhabitants of Les Forges are called in French Fargerons.

  9. Saint-Marcel, Morbihan - Wikipedia

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    Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl] ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Marc'hell) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. [3]Saint-Marcel houses the Museum of the Breton Resistance which commemorates the uprising of the Maquis of Saint-Marcel (3,000 fighters) and 200 Free French SAS parachutists in 18 June 1944, which the French force under command of ...