P210 - France - Brittany traditional costumes

Brittany children with Traditional costumes, France

Brittany children dressed in Traditional Costumes.

Brittany is a former independent Celtic kingdom and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy. It was at one time called Less, Lesser or Little Britain (in opposition to Great Britain).

Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the north-west of France, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. Its land area is 34,023 km² (13,136 sq mi). The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments: Finistère in the west, Côtes-d'Armor in the north, Ille-et-Vilaine in the north-east, Loire-Atlantique in the south-east and Morbihan in the south, on the Bay of Biscay.

During World War II, the government of Vichy France detached the Loire-Atlantique département (around the city of Nantes) from Brittany, and placed it within a region based around the city of Angers. Today, 80% of historic Brittany has become the administrative région of Bretagne, while the remaining area, the Loire-Atlantique département around Nantes (formerly one of the historic capitals of Brittany), forms part of the Pays de la Loire région. For the current debate regarding reunification, see the Bretagne article.

In January 2007 the population of Brittany was estimated to be 4,365,500. Of these, 71% lived in the Bretagne région, while 29% lived in the Pays-de-la-Loire région. At the 1999 census, the largest metropolitan areas were Nantes (711,120 inhabitants) Rennes (521,188 inhabitants), and Brest (303,484 inhabitants).

布列塔尼小孩穿着传统民族服裝。

布列塔尼是法国的个大区之一，位于法国西北部的布列塔尼半岛，英吉利海峡和比斯开湾之间。首府是雷恩。

布列塔尼人来源颇为复杂。有一部份人是原始高卢人的后裔，另一部分是大不列颠岛西南部的威尔士人和康沃尔人的后裔。由于英格兰人的入侵他们往南迁徙，越过英吉利海峡，到达布列塔尼定居。而由不列颠迁移至此的海岛凯尔特人的语言和当地民族的语言很相近，经过了漫长的岁月的融合，成为现代的布列塔尼人。在法语中，大不列颠（Grande Bretagne）就是大布列塔尼，而英语当中的“布列塔尼”（Brittany）一词的意思就是“小不列颠”，由此可见此地人民和不列颠岛之间的渊源关系。

直到15世纪，布列塔尼是完全独立的公国，处于法国和英国两个大国的影响下。

1499年，布列塔尼女公爵布列塔尼的安娜（布列塔尼語：Anna Vreizh）嫁给法国国王路易十二，此后布列塔尼失去了自治权。

1532年，布列塔尼公国正式成为法国的一部分。

布列塔尼的特产食品包括：

* 薄饼（法语：crêpe、布列塔尼语：krampouezhenn）
* 蜜糖酒（布列塔尼语：chouchen）
* 奶油烘饼（法語：galette、布列塔尼语：kouign amann）*
* 苹果酒（法语：cidre、布列塔尼语：sistr）。

References sources : wikipedia