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Quémènès
__NOTOC__ Quémènès or Quemenes (; ) is an island in the Molène Archipelago in the Atlantic off Brittany, France. As of 2023, it has a population of 3. It is administered as part of the commune of Le Conquet, St-Renan Canton, Brest Arrondissement, in Finistère Department. History In 1292, two sailors, one Norman and one Bayonnais, quarreled over who would draw water from a well on the island first. The dispute ended in murder, probably of the Norman, and other Norman and French sailors began to assault Aquitainian & English shipping and ports. This eventually escalated into the 1294–1303 Gascon War, which ended in a general return to the but whose financing provoked a clerical crisis leading to the Avignon Papacy and whose settlement terms produced the marriage leading to the Hundred Years' War. Geography Quémènès lies from Molène Molène or Molene (; , "Bald Island") is an islands of France, island in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic off the west coast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molène Archipelago
Molène or Molene (; , "Bald Island") is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France. It is the largest of Molène or Molene Archipelago (), a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands. It is the seat of Île-Molène, a commune in Saint-Renan Canton, Brest Arrondissement, Finistère Department. Geography The island is small, less than 1 by , and covers under of non-foreshore land. The community and port are on the east side, opposite a tiny tidal island, the Lédénes of Molène. The area is proverbially dangerous for sailors to navigate, with one Breton rhyme being "" ("He who sees Molène sees his pain. He who sees Ushant sees his blood. He who sees Sein sees his end. He who sees Groix sees his cross"). The archipelago includes Ushant, Quémènès, Île Verte, and Île de Sein. Population The number of permanent residents has fallen in recent decades, but Molène remains inhabited, with a perma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gascon War
The Gascon War, also known as the 1294–1303 Anglo-French War or the Guyenne War (), was a conflict between the kingdoms of France and England. Most of the fighting occurred in the Duchy of Aquitaine, made up of the areas of Guyenne and Gascony. The ruling family of England, the House of Plantagenet, held Gascony as a fief of the King of France following the 1259 Treaty of Paris. The Gascon War was the beginning of but part of a wider conflict that included the First War of Scottish Independence and the Franco-Flemish War as Philip IV of France and Edward I of England sought allies in Scotland and Flanders respectively, thus triggering these related conflicts. It began with personal clashes between sailors in the English Channel in the early 1290s but became a widespread conflict over control of EdwardI's continental holdings after he refused a summons from PhilipIV and renounced his state of vassalage. The first phase of the war lasted from 1294 to 1298, by which time Flan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroise Sea
Iroise () or the Iroise Sea ( ; ) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean which stretches from the Ile de Sein to Ushant off the coast of Brittany in north-western France. It is contained within the Celtic Sea, bordering the remainder of the Celtic Sea to the north and west, and the Bay of Biscay to the south. It is one of the most dangerous seas in Europe for sea-going vessels. In winter, there are often violent storms with huge waves. It is also one of the richest areas for marine life and was designated as one of UNESCO's biosphere reserves in 1988 and as France's first marine park in October 2007. Name and extent The name is first recorded in the ''Neptune francois'' of 1693 as ''Le Passage de l'Yroise'' ( = " channel"); as Passage de l'Iroise in the 18th century; as Iroise in the 19th century; and as mer d'Iroise ( = "sea") in the 1970s, by the seabed exploration industry. The name appears to have been fixed not by local seafarers but rather by staff at the naval base at Brest. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune (France)
A () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondissements of its largest cities, the are the lowest level of administrative d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
