In the last months of 2007, Joost took his old compadre and keyboard player Jeroen Swinnen along to Bangor, a small picturesque village near the coast of Brittany, France to write songs.

* All over the place: N30 ; Seattle, WA / USA: N30 and today's Seattle Indymedia ; London ( and commentary ; Geneva, Switzerland 16 Nov and 27 Nov ; New Delhi ; Manila, Philippines 24 Nov ; Athens ; New York City 26 Nov ; Padua, Italy 27 Nov ; Milan, Italy 27 Nov ; presque toute la France ; Brisbane, Australia ; Cardiff & Bangor, Wales ; Halifax, England ; Leeds, England ; Manchester, England ; Totnes, England ; Limerick, Ireland ; Iceland ; Narmada, India ; Bangalore, India ; Schipol / Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Berlin, Germany ; Rome, Italy ; Long Beach, CA / USA ; Baltimore, MD / USA ; Tel Aviv, Israel ; Nashville, TN / USA ; Washington DC / USA.

Berenger was born to descendant of French origin who were established in Mauritius in ancient generations. He has had his high studies in UK and France and in 1969 went to UK to study French and graduated from the Bangor University with a BA Hons in philosophy and French.

Owain expanded his international diplomatic offensive against Henry II by sending an embassy to Louis VII of France in 1168, led by Arthur of Bardsey, Bishop of Bangor ( 1166 – 1177 ), who was charged with negotiating a joint alliance against Henry II.

Operation Dingson ( 5 – 18 June 1944 ) was conducted by about 178 Free French paratroops of the 4th Special Air Service ( SAS ), commanded by Colonel Pierre-Louis Bourgoin, who jumped into German occupied France near Vannes, Morbihan, southern Brittany, in Plumelec, at 1130 on the night of 5 June and Saint-Marcel ( 8 – 18 June ).

* Vénus de Quinipily or The Iron Lady, an ancient statue near Baud, Morbihan, Brittany, France

* Chemins de Fer du Morbihan, a metre gauge railway network in Brittany, France

* Allaire ( Alaer in Breton ), French commune in the Morbihan department, arrondissement of Vannes, Brittany.

Operation Dingson ( 5 – 18 June 1944 ) was an operation in the Second World War, conducted by about 178 Free French paratroops of the 4th Special Air Service ( SAS ), commanded by Colonel Pierre-Louis Bourgoin, who jumped into German occupied France near Vannes, Morbihan, Southern Brittany, in Plumelec, on the night of 5 June 1944 ( 11 h 30 ), ( Captain Pierre Marienne with 17 men ), and Saint-Marcel ( 8 – 18 June ).

In modern geopolitical terms, the Duchy of Brittany covered roughly the territory now composed of the French of Finistère, Côtes-d ' Armor, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine and at least the Nantes area within Loire-Atlantique.

Lorient, or L ' Orient, (; ) is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

* Sept Îles, island in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France.

The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Carnac ( Breton: Karnag ) is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France.

Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle ( ar Gerveur in Modern Breton ; Guedel in Old Breton ) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands.

The Gulf of Morbihan is a natural harbour on the coast of the Département of Morbihan in the south of Brittany, France.

Camp Coëtquidan ( Camp de Coëtquidan ) is a French military educational facility located in Guer, Morbihan département, in Brittany, France.

Vannes (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Houat ( Enez Houad in Breton ) is a French island off the south coast of Brittany in the department of Morbihan.

Born in France at Kerfago, St. Gildas de Rhuys, Morbihan, in Brittany, he was baptized as François.

Auray () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Questembert () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Josselin () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Ploërmel (, Gallo language: Pieurmè ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

* Rohan, Morbihan, a French commune in Brittany

Hélène Jégado was born on a small farm in Plouhinec ( Morbihan ), near Lorient in Brittany.

In France, one unusual find stands out: in the Mesolithic cemetery of Téviec, in Morbihan, one of the skeletons that has been found has a geometric microlith lodged in one of its vertebra.

The first Allied soldier to land in France was Free French SAS Captain Pierre Marienne who jumped into Britanny ( Plumelec, Morbihan ) on June 5 with 17 Free French paratroopers.

* Allaire, Morbihan, a commune of the Morbihan département, in France

Born at the Château de Kerscamp, Hennebont, Morbihan, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the fourth son and youngest child of Count Maxence Melchior Edouard Marie Louis de Polignac ( 1857-1936 ) and his Mexican wife whom he wed in Paris in 1881, Susana Mariana Estefania Francisca de Paula del Corazon de la Torre y Mier ( 1858-1913 ).

* Ambon, Morbihan, a commune in Morbihan, France

The population of 3216 in 1800 shows that battered history, with a mainly local ( Brière ), of Low-Brittany ( of Morbihan in the Finistère-south ), and minor representation from most other areas of France.

At the Libération of France in 1944, the School was reunited under the command of General de Lattre de Tassigny and settled in the military camp of Coëtquidan, Morbihan, because the " vieux bahut " ( old school ) had been severely damaged by an Allied bombing during the Libération campaign.

For the town in France, see Calan, Morbihan.

The following is a list of the 261 communes of the Morbihan département, in France.

Alfred Jarry ( 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907 ) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany ; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side.

* 1532 – the Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.

* Brittany or Lesser Britain, a region of France settled by ancient Britons

Breton () is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany (; ), France.

Bodmin is twinned with Bederkesa in Germany ; Grass Valley, in California, United States ; and Le Relecq-Kerhuon ( Ar Releg-Kerhuon in Brittany, France.

The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle ending the twelve year old Angevin-Flanders War that was fundamental in the early development of France in the Middle Ages by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the Angevin lands of Brittany and Normandy.

One of the earliest references to couscous in France is in Brittany, in a letter dated January 12, 1699.

More French settlers, primarily from the Vienne, Normandie, and Brittany regions of France, continued to populate the colony of Acadia during the latter part of the 17th and early part of the 18th centuries.

* Breizh Cola is a local brand from Brittany ( France ).

Amongst the vast Neolithic collections of the Carnac stones in Brittany, France, several dozen dolmens are found.

In France, important megalithic zones are situated in Brittany, Vendée, Quercy and in the south of France ( Languedoc, Rouergue and Corsica ).

From 1487 to 1491, France attacked and defeated Brittany, an independent duchy.

In 1532, Brittany was incorporated into the Kingdom of France.

* 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty.

* 1499 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.

* Brittany, France

He drowned in 1924 while swimming off the coast of Brittany, France, near Batz-sur-Mer, and is buried there.

Philip, again acting as John's liege lord, summoned his vassal to appear before the Court of the Twelve Peers of France, to answer for the murder of Arthur of Brittany.

A teenage boy buried approximately 1550 BC was raised near the Mediterranean Sea ; a metal worker from 2300 BC dubbed the " Amesbury Archer " grew up near the alpine foothills of Germany ; and the " Boscombe Bowmen " probably arrived from Wales or Brittany, France.

Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France.

The fleet carried an invasion force that included, in addition to troops from William's own territories of Normandy and Maine, large numbers of mercenaries, allies and volunteers from Brittany, northeastern France and Flanders, together with smaller numbers from other parts of Europe.

A yacht in Lorient, Brittany, France

The King of Brittany takes the oath to the King of France ( but not an hommage lige which would be an allegiance ).