But most of inland Brittany is farming country, a region known for its milk and butter and its early crops. 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. Whether you're looking for something to stick up on your wall, or fly along the route of a difficult marathon, we've got flags and bunting galore. The two regional languages are also taught in some schools, and many folklore associations and clubs are trying to revive them.

Choosing the Antifray option results in a piece of white netting being sewn to the right edge of an outdoor flag. Initially divided into several small petty kingdoms, Brittany as a united political entity emerged in the 9th century as the Kingdom of Brittany. Three Breton clubs play in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football: Stade Rennais, Stade Brestois, and FC Lorient. As a holiday region, it is Brittany's coasts that attract the greatest number of visitors; the inland regions have attracted many second-home owners from other parts of France, and from Britain.The level of control exerted by the French kings varied over time; at various points Brittany was either subject to, aligned with or heavily influenced by the English Kings; at others it was de facto independent.

They help us to identify popular products and understand your browsing habits so we can display relevant adverts to you. It is sung to the same tune as that of the national anthem of Wales, " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", and has similar words. Marchal did not assign any meaning to the number of ermine spots, which was not fixed in his earlier designs; for some Breton independentists, the 11 ermine spots represent the 11 letters of the motto Breizh dieuh, "Free Brittany". If another flag maker claims that sewn flags last longer than MrFlag durable outdoor quality printed flags for the same number of visible flying hours, challenge them to provide the test data! Finished with a heavy-duty header and 3 brass grommets along the vertical side for hanging on a flagpole.

As for the provincial States of Brittany, a legislative body which had originally met every two years in a different city of Brittany, that had met in Rennes only between 1728 and 1789, although not in the years 1730, 1758, and 1760. Jean-Marie Miossec (2009), Géohistoire de la régionalisation en France, Paris: Presses universitaires de France ISBN 978-2-13-056665-6. The design of the ermine spots varies as there is no official description, but although the number is also not specified, in flags produced since the 1970s, the canton virtually always contains exactly 11 spots. Whilst it is not possible to control the weather, you can take care of your flag to lengthen its life. Accordingly, the stripes represent the Breton historical regions, traditionally divided into the westernmost, Breton-speaking countries (white stripes for Léon, Trégor, Cornouailles and Vannetais) and the easternmost, Gallo-speaking countries (black stripes for Pays de Rennes, Pays de Nantes, Pays de Dol, Pays de Saint-Malo, and Penthièvre.

designed by the amateur painter Max Loriquet, from Thorigné-Fouillard, a town located north-east of Rennes. Whether you are looking for a flag to display your patriotism or to show your support for a particular team, we have what you need. It is commonly held that this netting will fray first, thus prolonging the life of a flag – however we are not aware of any statistical evidence to back this up. Our Digitally printed Brittany Flags are manufactured from 115gsm Ministry of Defence approved knitted polyester flag fabric, the highest quality print fabric available for outdoor flag making. Ermine in heraldry is a pattern usually found in heraldry which has a small repeating symbol which is supposed to represent the small weasel-like animal, the ermine.Coüasnon over the Breton pavilion at the International Exhibition held in Paris in 1937, as a unusually large canton and nine ermine spots. 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. The region of Brittany was created in 1941 from four of the five departments constituting the territory of traditional Brittany. However its association with nationalist and separatist groups during the Second World War brought suspicions of collaboration to the flag.