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  2. CountryFrance
    DemonymBretons
    ISO 3166 codeFR-E
    Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
    Etymology

    The word Brittany, along with its French, Breton and Gallo equivalents Bretagne, Breizh and Bertaèyn, derive from the Latin Britannia, which means "land of the Britons". This word had been used by the Romans since the 1… See more

    History

    Brittany has been inhabited by humans since the Lower Palaeolithic. This population was scarce and very similar to the other Neanderthals found in the whole of Western Europe. Their only original feature was a disti… See more

    Government and politics

    Brittany as a political entity disappeared in 1790, when it was divided into five départements. The Breton départements more or less correspond to the nine Catholic dioceses that appeared at the beginning o… See more

    Geography and natural history

    Brittany is the largest French peninsula. It is around 34,030 km (13,140 sq mi) and stretches toward the northwest and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered to the north by the English Channel, to the south by the Bay of Biscay and … See more

     
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