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Département du Finistère (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area at tip of Brittany peninsula; was settled by Celts in 5th century BCE; went to Rome in 56 BCE; is famed today as stronghold of Breton language and customs. |
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| Département du Finistère (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Finistère (C,V)
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| Finistere (C,V)
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| Finistère, Département du (C,V)
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| Finis Terrae (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
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Brittany (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| department (preferred, C) |
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since 1790 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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