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    Batz-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ba syʁ mɛʁ], literally Batz on Sea; Gallo: Borg-de-Baz, Breton: Bourc'h-Baz) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique...
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    Piriac-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [piʁjak syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Piriac on Sea; Breton: Penc'herieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department...
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  • Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (1709-1770) represents the eldest generation Guana Batz, an English psychobilly band Batz-sur-Mer, a French commune of the...
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    Loire-Atlantique department Abbaretz Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine Ancenis-Saint-Géréon Assérac Avessac Basse-Goulaine Batz-sur-Mer La Baule-Escoublac La Bernerie-en-Retz...
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    Pornichet, La Baule-Escoublac, Le Pouliguen, Le Croisic, Batz-sur-Mer, Guérande, La Turballe, Piriac-sur-Mer and Mesquer. In 1913, the newspaper La Mouette organised...
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    of two 240mm calibre guns of French origin was sited to the north at Batz-sur-Mer. A similar battery was located south of the Loire on the Pointe Saint-Gildas...
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    Urysohn drowned at the age of 26 while swimming off the coast nearby Batz-sur-Mer. Urysohn's sister, Lina Neiman, wrote a memoir about his life and childhood...
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    guérandaise", along with other towns, such as La Baule, Le Croisic, Pornichet, Batz-sur-Mer, Le Pouliguen, or Piriac. According to the classification established...
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    chant de marin, sea songs festival in Paimpol A Breton headdress from Batz-sur-Mer Modern Brittany - Illustration from Legends & Romances of Brittany by...
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  • Saint-Marc-sur-Mer is a seaside resort in France, situated in the commune of Saint-Nazaire (principal place of the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire, in...
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    Marais Salants, in Batz-Sur-Mer. Colle was born on January 7, 1872, in Baccarat (Meurthe et Moselle), France, and died in Batz-sur-Mer, September 16, 1949...
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    de la Loire. Le Pouliguen is situated between La Baule-Escoublac and Batz-sur-Mer. The port is located at the border between Le Pouliguen and La Baule-Escoublac...
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    historically spoken in the western area of Loire-Atlantique, and up to 1920 in Batz-sur-Mer. This area (Guérande, Le Croisic, and La Baule) has a rather Breton toponymy:...
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    ISBN 0-297-84662-0 Braeuer, Luc, L’incroyable histoire de la poche de Saint-Nazaire, Batz-Sur-Mer 2003. Guériff, Fernand. Saint-Nazaire sous l'occupation allemande: le...
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    Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (across the Loire but near the city centre) and north-bank communes including Saint-Herblain, Orvault and Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire. The...
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    Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer. Château de Pornic; medieval castle The municipality launched...
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  • Loire-Atlantique Assérac La Baule-Escoublac Batz-sur-Mer Le Croisic Guérande Herbignac Mesquer Piriac-sur-Mer Le Pouliguen Saint-Lyphard Saint-Molf La Turballe...
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    Francine Caron (born 18 September 1945 in Batz-sur-Mer) is a French writer and poet. Caron studied at the Lycée Joachim du Bellay, Angers, Liceo Frances...
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    up to the beginning of the 20th century in the region of Guérande and Batz-sur-Mer. There are no clear boundaries between the dialects because they form...
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    Blockhaus, Batz-sur-Mer Le Grand Bunker "Musée du Mur de l´Atlantique", Ouistreham Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer Musée DDay Omaha, Vierville-sur-Mer Airborne...
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    Breton territory, the line then running from Plouha on the north coast to Batz-sur-Mer in the south, on the Bay of Biscay. The boundary between 'Upper' and...
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    La Plaine-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [la plɛn syʁ mɛʁ] ; Breton: Plaen-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Communes...
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    Loire-Atlantique department Abbaretz Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine Ancenis-Saint-Géréon Assérac Avessac Basse-Goulaine Batz-sur-Mer La Baule-Escoublac La Bernerie-en-Retz...
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    Breton territory, the line then running from Plouha on the north coast to Batz-sur-Mer in the south, on the Bay of Biscay. The boundary between 'Upper' and...
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    Breur. In the mid-1950s he settled in the Breton south coast town of Batz-sur-Mer. For a period of a year, he was mayor of the town. In his work, Fréour...
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    Cornouaillais (Kerneveg) Vannetais (Gwenedeg) Guérandais (in Guérande and Batz-sur-Mer) (extinct) Western Brittonic Primitive / Archaic Welsh (extinct) Old...
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    been Breton speaking territory, the line then running from Plouha to Batz-sur-Mer. Maps in the 17th century favour the latter. Portals:  Geography  France...
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  • in Batz-sur-Mer after living near Châteaubriant. In fact he served as the mayor of Batz-sur-Mer for a period of one year. This church in Batz-sur-Mer contains...
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    Camaret-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kamaʁε syʁ mɛʁ]; Breton: Kameled) is a commune in the Finistère department in northwestern France, located at the...
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    "Châteaubriant" makes a reference to medieval lords, the town was renamed Montagne-sur-Chère ("hill on the Chère River"). The town did not keep this name for long...
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