Bubry (; br, Bubri) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
in northwestern
France
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Bubry are called in French ''Bubryates''.
International relations
Bubry is twinned with
Macroom
Macroom (; ga, Maigh Chromtha) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of ...
in the
Republic of Ireland
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and with
Marcallo con Casone
Marcallo con Casone (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
Marcallo con Casone borders the following municipalities: Ossona, Mesero, Santo Stefan ...
in
Padania
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; the three towns have Celtic origins.
See also
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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):[Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer
Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer (born in Montreuil-sous-Bois on 1 September 1879; died in Paris in 1962) was a French sculptor.
Brief biography
His father was from Alsace. He studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Falguière, Ant ...]
Sculptor of Bubry war memorial
References
Mayors of Morbihan Association
External links
Cultural Heritage
Communes of Morbihan
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