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Quistinic
Quistinic (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. It is twinned with the rural village of Loughshinny in County Dublin, Ireland. Population Inhabitants of Quistinic are called in French . Toponymy Quistinic is a Breton word. It means Chesnust Forest. Geography The village centre is located northeast of Lorient, northwest of Vannes and west of Rennes. Historically, Quistinic belongs to the Vannetais. The river Blavet forms the commune's eastern and southern borders. The neighborhood of the hamlet of Poul Fetan, in Quistinic, offers a nice view over the Blavet valley. Quistinic is characterised by bocage landscape. center, The Blavet valley in Quistinic. Neighboring communes Quistinic is border by Bubry and Melrand to the north, by Saint-Barthélemy and Baud to the east, by Languidic to the south and by Lanvaudan to the west. Map Village of Poul-Fétan which etymologically means "Lavoir (wash-house) of the fountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Morbihan Department
The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 15 March 2022. *CA *CA * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorient Agglomération
Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Lorient. It is located in the Morbihan department, in the Brittany region, northwestern France. It was created in January 2014.CA Lorient Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200042174) BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. Its area is 738.7 km2. Its area is 666.7 km2. Its population was 204,107 in 2018, of which 57,084 in Lorient proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
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Longère
''Longère'' is the name (''la longère'' in French) for a long, narrow dwelling, developing along the axis of its peak, typically inhabited by farmers and artisans and typical of the regions of Brittany and Normandy in northwestern France. Meanings ''Longère'' also means a "long wall" or "gutter wall" of a building, whether for a church or house, in Lower Brittany. See also * Dartmoor longhouse * Longhouse * Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America * Neolithic long house * Housebarn * Quistinic * Manoir de Mézarnou * Moulin d'Olivet The Moulin d'Olivet is an 18th-century watermill located at the lowest point (150 m) of the village Orbigny, Indre-et-Loire, Orbigny in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, in the region Centre-Val de Loire, Centre. History The use of th ... References {{reflist House types Architecture in France Buildings and structures in Normandy Brittany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melrand
Melrand (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Melrand are called in French ''Melrandais''. Population Melrand's population peaked at 3,712 in 1921 and déclined at 1,521 in2019. This represents a 59.0% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. Geography The village centre is located southwest of Pontivy and northeast of Lorient. Historically, the village belongs to the Vannetais. The Blavet river forms the eastern border of the commune. The Sarre river, a tributary of the Blavet river, flows through Melrand. Neighbouring communes Melrand is border by Bubry to the west, by Guern to the north, by Pluméliau-Bieuzy to the east and by Quistinic to the south. Map Breton language In 2008, 31.4% of children in the commune attended schools taught in Breton and French for their primary education. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue'' History In September 1592, the Spanish mercenaries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatching
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as insulation. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually with low-cost local vegetation. By contrast, in some developed countries it is the choice of some affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home, would like a more ecologically friendly roof, or who have purchased an originally thatched abode. History Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation, and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past three centuries survive in archives and early publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a Parish (administrative division), parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic languages, West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch language, Dutch ', Frisian languages, Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the Qila, qala (Dari language, Dari: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavoir
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by launderettes. The English word is borrowed from the French language, which also uses the expression ''bassin public'', "public basin". Description Lavoirs were built from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. With Baron Haussmann's redesign of Paris in the 1850s, a free lavoir was established in every neighbourhood, and government grants encouraged municipalities across France to construct their own. Lavoirs are more common in certain areas, such as around the Canal du Midi. Lavoirs are commonly sited on a spring or set over or beside a river. Many lavoirs are provided with roofs for shelter. With the coming of piped water supplies and modern drainage, lavoirs have been steadily falling into disuse although a number of communiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological change, form of words and, by extension, the origin and evolution of their semantic meaning across time. It is a subfield of historical linguistics, and draws upon comparative semantics, Morphology_(linguistics), morphology, semiotics, and phonetics. For languages with a long recorded history, written history, etymologists make use of texts, and texts about the language, to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods, how they developed in Semantics, meaning and Phonological change, form, or when and how they Loanword, entered the language. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about forms that are too old for any direct information to be available. By analyzing related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanvaudan
Lanvaudan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Lanvaudan are called in French ''Lanvaudanais''. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Cultural Heritage Mayors of Morbihan Association [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languidic
Languidic (; br, Langedig) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. History The local church was previously associated with the cult of the Welsh saint Cenydd (Kenneth). Geography Languidic, encompassing 10,908 hectares, is the most spread-out city in Morbihan and the third in Brittany. The river Ével forms part of the commune's north-eastern border, then flows into the Blavet, which forms its northern and north-western borders. Demographics Inhabitants of Languidic are called in French ''Languidiciens''. Breton language In 2008, there was 18,1% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> In 2013, there was 200 children in bilingual schools (primary education). Twinning Languidic is twinned with : *Great Cornard, England since 21 October 1989. *Rimpar, Germany since July 1997. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department *Henri Gouzien Henri Gouzien was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baud, Morbihan
Baud (''Baod'' in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan département in Brittany in northwestern France. Overview There are many flower beds on the approaches to the town and in the area around the church. The "Town Centre" is the highest point of the town in the area besides the Church. Baud is essentially a market town, a location where the local farmers used to trade their goods for services. Baud is situated on the crossroads of two major roads bisecting Brittany: the North South Road, which links Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo on the north coast to the ancient towns of Vannes and Lorient on the south coast, and the East West Road which links Rennes (the capital of Brittany) to Quimper (an old cultural capital). The Quimper Road then continues on to the tip of Brittany at Brest. Baud is the administration centre for a number of small villages in the vicinity. It has a police station, fire brigade, ambulance, a large secondary school, a school of music and dance - "la maison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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