AZ FLAG Brittany Flag 2' x 3' - French region of Bretagne flags 90 x 60 cm - Banner 2x3 ft light polyester

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TGV train services link the region with cities such as Paris in 1h27 thanks the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, Lyon, Lille and the largest French cities.

The Gwenn-ha-du (Breton for "white and black") is the unofficial flag of Brittany, a region in the northwest of France.EASY TO ATTACH: Our Brittany flag is easily attached thanks to two brass eyelets integrated on the reinforcement band. There are also many inlets on the south coast, such as La Trinité sur Mer, which in the past have been ports and commercial harbours, but today are more popular with yachtsmen and a dwindling fishing industry. A red field divided by a white saltire, with a red disk in the centre of the saltire and four white ermine spots sticking out of the disk, arranged like a compass rose. Other important cities in the region are Brest, one of the two most important French naval ports, Saint-Malo, an imposing walled city on the north coast, and Vannes, the capital of the Morbihan, with an attractive old town centre.

When the modern regions were established, Loire-Inférieure (44), which includes the historic capital Nantes, became part of Pays de la Loire, while the other four departments became part of the Brittany region. To prolong the life of your flags we recommend, wherever possible, to take your flag down overnight and dont expose your flag to rain, snow or unusually high winds, as these conditions will shorten its life considerably. The first known flag of Brittany was the Kroaz Du (or Groaz du), the Black Cross, virtually the reverse of the old Cornish flag. It figured in the Combat of the Thirty, as well as the Hundred Years' War, and saw wide use by Breton sailors.Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine). We start with vibrant RGB art and lay down our own 8 colour bi-directional print onto the fabric, forcing far more ink through the weave than many of our competitors.

However its association with nationalist and separatist groups during the Second World War brought suspicions of collaboration to the flag. Another historical club, En Avant Guingamp, plays in Ligue 2, and Vannes OC plays in the third tier Championnat National.Hampshire Flag Company Ltd, Unit 11, Pipers Wood Industrial Park, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 7XU England. We believe it is an unnecessary expense which, in many cases, has the opposite effect to that which is intended. However, from 1381 until the end of the fifteenth century Vannes ( Gwened in Breton) had served as the administrative capital of the Duchy, remaining the seat of its Chambre des comptes until the 1490s, and also the seat of its Parlement until 1553 and then again between 1675 and 1689. The region of Brittany was created in 1941 from four of the five departments constituting the territory of traditional Brittany.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Once used mainly by cultural associations, autonomist and independentist groups, and considered as a separatist emblem by the French authorities, the flag is now widespread in Brittany; seen on most town halls, the flag has been officially recognized on 30 June 1997 by Region Bretagne. Our flags regularly test as 95% show-through; a difference which is very nearly indistinguishable to the untrained eye. Furthermore, we can enhance the durability of your flag by adding antifray netting along the fly edge.The term région was officially created by the Law of Decentralisation (2 March 1982), which also gave regions their legal status. forming historical Brittany, forming today's Region Bretagne, and Loire-Atlantique, part of Region Pays de la Loire. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Rennes is situated in the east of Brittany, being the capital of the region, the capital of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, as well as the most populous metropolitan area in Brittany with 700,000 inhabitants (2013).