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Cornouaille (other)
Cornouaille may refer to: * Cornouaille ( br, Kernev, link=no; : Cornwall), Brittany, France * Pointe de Cornouaille, Cornouaille, Brittany, France; a cape that gives Cornouaille its name * Diocese of Cornouaille, a Roman Catholic diocese in France * Kingdom of Cornouaille, a petty kingdom of Celts that was merged into the Kingdom of Brittany * House of Cornouaille, a ruling house of the Kingdom of Brittany, see List of rulers of Brittany * Count of Cornouaille (other) * Quimper–Cornouaille Airport (IATA airport code: UIP; ICAO airport code: LFRQ) Finistère, Brittany, France * Parc botanique de Cornouaille (Cornwall Botanic Park) * Festival de Cornouaille (Cornwall Festival; Cornouaille Kemper) * Quimper Cornouaille FC, soccer team based in br, Kemper, Kernev, Breizh, link=no * Escadron de Chasse 3/12 ''Cornouaille'', a French Air Force fighter squadron, see List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons See also * * Quimper ( br, Kemper, link=no), Cornoua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall who created an independent principality founded by Rivelen Mor Marthou, and the founding of the Bishopric of Cornouaille by ancient saints from Cornwall. Celtic Britons and the settlers in Brittany spoke a common language, which later evolved into Breton, Welsh and Cornish. Etymology The toponym Cornouaille was established in the early Middle Ages in the southwest of the Breton peninsula. Prior to this, following the withdrawal of Rome from Britain, other British migrants from what is now modern Devon had established the region of ''Domnonea'' (in Breton) or ''Domnonée'' (in French) in the north of the peninsula, taken from the Latin ''Dumnonia''. The region was first mentioned in surviving records by a ''Cornouaille'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe De Cornouaille
La pointe de Cornouaille is a cape to the north of the hamlet of Kerviniou in France. They are both situated on the Roscanvel peninsula and, facing as it does the Fort du Mengant, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the goulet de Brest. Known defences on the site include: * Lower battery (1694) - built to plans by Vauban * Tour modèle n°1 (1813) - see Tour-modèle type 1811 * Batterie de rupture sous roc (1888) * Batterie du plateau (1897) * Batterie de DCA allemande (1943, German) * Torpedo-boat battery (German) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pointe De Cornouaille Cornouaille Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ... Landforms of Finistère Headlands of Brittany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Cornouaille
The Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: ''Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. In 1853, the name was changed from the Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) to the Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) and Léon. Originally established in the 5th century, the diocese was dismantled during the anti-clericalism of the French Revolution. It was restored by the Concordat of 1801, as the combination of the Dioceses of Quimper, Saint-Pol-de-Léon and Tréguier in Brittany, France. Traditionally, it formed part of Lower Brittany; today's diocese is coextensive with the Department of Finistère. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo. The current bishop is Laurent Marie Bernard Dognin. History Diocese of Quimper: earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Brittany
The Kingdom of Brittany was a short-lived vassal-state of the Frankish Empire that emerged during the Norse invasions. Its history begins in 851 with Erispoe's claim to kingship. In 856, Erispoe was murdered and succeeded by his cousin Salomon. The kingdom fell into a period of turmoil caused by Norse invasions and a succession dispute between Salomon's murderers: Gurvand and Pascweten. Pascweten's brother, Alan, called the Great, was the third and last to be recognized as King of Brittany. After his death, Brittany fell under Norse occupation. When Alan Twistedbeard, Alan the Great's grandson, reconquered Brittany in 939, Brittany became a sovereign duchy until its union with France in 1532. History Background In the year 383, Magnus Maximus was proclaimed emperor by his soldiers in Britain. He promptly invaded Gaul and deposed Emperor Gratian. During the invasion, he instructed some of his soldiers to occupy the western part of the Armorican peninsula and expel soldiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rulers Of Brittany
This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary right. Hereditary dukes were sometimes a female ruler, carrying the title duchesse of Brittany. Its principal cities and regions were ruled by counts who often found themselves in conflict with the Breton ruler, or who became the Breton ruler. During the declining years of the Roman Empire, the earliest Breton rulers in Gaul were styled "kings" of the small realms of Cornouaille and Domnonia. Some such kings may have had a form of hegemony over all of the Brythonic populations in the Armorican peninsula, and Riothamus is called King of the Britons by the chronicler Jordanes. However, there are no certain rulers of the whole of Brittany, which was divided into the fiefdoms of local counts. The Duchy of Brittany had its origins in the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Of Cornouaille (other)
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Comte de Cornouaille (French), Kont Kernev (Breton), or Count of Cornouaille may refer to: * Gourmaëlon, Count of Cornouaille (died 914) * Benoît de Cornouaille (died 1028), see his son Alain Canhiart * Alain Canhiart (died 1058) * Hoël II, Duke of Brittany (1031–1084) See also * Cornouaille, Brittany, France; a region, former kingdom, and former sovereign county * Cornwall County (other) * Cornouaille (other) Cornouaille may refer to: * Cornouaille ( br, Kernev, link=no; : Cornwall), Brittany, France * Pointe de Cornouaille, Cornouaille, Brittany, France; a cape that gives Cornouaille its name * Diocese of Cornouaille, a Roman Catholic diocese in Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper–Cornouaille Airport
Quimper–Bretagne Airport (french: Aéroport de Quimper-Bretagne) , formerly known as Quimper–Cornouaille Airport (french: Aérodrome de Quimper Cornouaille) and Quimper–Pluguffan Airport (french: Aérodrome de Quimper Pluguffan), is an airport located in Pluguffan and 5.5 km southwest of Quimper, both communes of the Finistère department in the Brittany region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Quimper–Cornouaille Airport: Statistics References External links Quimper–Bretagne Airport(official site) * * Airports in Brittany Buildings and structures in Finistère Quimper {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parc Botanique De Cornouaille
The Parc botanique de Cornouaille (4 hectares) is a botanical garden located in Kerlever, Combrit, Finistère, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established by Jean-Pierre Gueguen in 1981. Today it contains about 3500 plant varieties, with good collections of camellias (550 varieties), rhododendrons (400), magnolias (85), azaleas (80), and hortensias (60). Plantings of interest include ''Acer trautvetteri'', ''Camellia caudata'', ''Cleyera japonica'', ''Corylus jacquemontii'', ''Distylium racemosum'', ''Embothrium coccineum'', ''Enkianthus perulatus'', ''Magnolia rostrata'', and ''Rhododendron campylocarpum'', as well as an aquatic garden (). museedesmineraux.com. The park also contains a mineral museum displaying 1200 specimens from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival De Cornouaille
The Festival de Cornouaille (or just Cornouaille Kemper) is an annual festival taking place in Quimper, a city in the south-west of Brittany, a western region of France. The festival begins on the third Sunday of July and lasts for one week. It has been held since 1923 and is one of the biggest cultural events in Brittany. The festival puts forward the Breton culture in its diversity and its richness. About 180 shows, concerts and animations take place in the day and in the evening in the urban heart of the city of Quimper: "a festival in the heart of a city and a culture". History From 1923 The festival was founded in 1923 as a sort of beauty contest ; The idea was to choose the most beautiful girl in the region and crowned queen of the festival . hair To the so-called Festival des Reines continued to dress the Breton bards Taldir, Jaffrenou and Botrel were present, as were the folk dancers Plozévet. After the pageant, accompanied by piano and violin, was a dinner for 300 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper Cornouaille FC
Quimper Kerfeunteun Football Club, commonly known as Quimper, is a French football team from the city of Quimper, Finistère, who play in the Brittany Football League of the Régional 1, the sixth division of French football. The team used to be known as Stade Quimpérois. History The team was founded in 1905. Its major achievement came in the 1970s and 1980s when it played in the Division 2. Its best result was a fourth place in 1988–89. The club had financial problems in 1997. In the 2006–07 season, they escaped from regional level (DH Bretagne, 6th division) and came back at a national level. The team has a women's section, which played in the 3rd division. Current squad Managerial history * Pierre Philippe: ?-? * Edmond Lemaître: 1959–1971 * Marcel Mao: 1971–1974 * Robert Dewilder: 1977–1978 * Jean Brélivet: 1978–1979 * Joël Le Bris: 1979–1981 * Marc Rastoll: 1981 – January 1983 * Jacky Castellan: 1983–1984 * Wlodzim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Air And Space Force Aircraft Squadrons
Many of the former and active Squadrons of the French Air and Space Force have direct lineage links to many of the "dissolved" squadrons. In addition, each Squadron has for military awards and decorations, and a Fanion (squadron standard). The Air Force has undergone many echelon (ranking) changes at the level of Escadre (Wing), Escadron/Squadrons and Escadrille. The traditions and accomplishments of many Escadre, Escadron and the Lafayette Escadrille and other units can be traced back to World War I. Squadrons include the following: Active Squadrons Strategic Air Forces Command (CFAS) * Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne * Escadron de Chasse 2/4 La Fayette * Escadron de Ravitaillement en Vol 4/31 Sologne Air Refueling Squadron * Escadron de Ravitaillement en Vol et de Transport Stratégiques 1/31 Bretagne Strategic Air-to-Air Refuelling and Transport Squadron * Escadron de Soutien Technique Spécialisé 15/93 Specialised Technical Support Squadron * Escadron de Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The city was built on the confluence of the Steir, Odet and Jet rivers. Route National 165, D785, D765 and D783 were constructed to intersect here, northwest of Lorient, west of Rennes, and west-southwest of Paris. Climate Quimper has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Quimper is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Quimper was on 30 June 1976; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 January 1987. Etymology The name ''Quimper'' comes from the Breton ''kemper'', meaning "confluent". History Qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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