Brière (other)

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found a ...

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ...

Gulf of Morbihan The Gulf of Morbihan is a natural harbour on the coast of the department of Morbihan in southern Brittany, France. Its English name is taken from the French version, ''le golfe du Morbihan'', though it would be more precisely called 'the Mor ...

Vilaine The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km ...

salt marsh A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...

Guérande Guérande (; br, Gwenrann, ; french: label= Gallo, Geraundd) is a medieval town located in the department of Loire-Atlantique, and the region of Pays de la Loire, Western France. The inhabitants are referred to as ''Guérandais'' (masculine), ...

Peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

flora Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...

fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as ''biota''. Zoo ...

boat A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on i ...

thatched Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...

cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide s ...

Alphonse de Chateaubriant Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group See also *Alphons *Alfonso (disambiguation) Alfonso (and variants Alphonso, Afonso, Alphons, and Alphonse) is ...

La Brière ''La Brière'' (translated as ''Passion and Peat'') is a 1923 novel by Alphonse de Chateaubriant that won the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for that year. The novel is set in the rustic fenland landscape west of Nantes, known as B ...

Cassiterides The Cassiterides ( el, Κασσιτερίδες, meaning "Tin Islands", from κασσίτερος, ''kassíteros'' " tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown, but which was belie ...

Crossac Crossac (; br, Kroazieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administr ...

Montoir-de-Bretagne Montoir-de-Bretagne (, literally ''Montoir of Brittany''; br, Mouster-al-Loc'h) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population The population data given in the table below refer to the commune of Montoir-de-Breta ...

Saint-André-des-Eaux, Loire-Atlantique Saint-André-des-Eaux (; br, Sant-Andrev-an-Doureier) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a li ...

Saint-Joachim Saint-Joachim (; br, Sant-Yoasin) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is in the centre of the Brière marsh, and comprises a group of "islands" within the marsh. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique dep ...

Saint-Lyphard Saint-Lyphard (; br, Sant-Lefer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is named after Saint Liphardus, a 6th-century AD abbot of the monastery established at Meung-sur-Loire. See also * La Baule - Guérande Pen ...

Saint-Malo-de-Guersac Saint-Malo-de-Guersac (; br, Sant-Maloù-Gwersac'h) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1925 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. It is located from Saint-Nazaire in Brière. See a ...

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: ''Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer'') is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean ...

Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne (, literally '' Saint Regina of Brittany''; br, Santez-Rouanez-Breizh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The follow ...

Trignac Trignac (; br, Trinieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. Population See also * Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department * Parc natu ...

La Baule-Escoublac La Baule-Escoublac (; br, Ar Baol-Skoubleg, ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, western France. A century-old seaside resort in southern Brittany with villas, casino, luxury h ...

Besné Besné (; br, Gwennenid) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department ...

La Chapelle-Launay La Chapelle-Launay (; br, Chapel-ar-Wern) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, western France. Location Located halfway between Nantes and St. Nazaire, it is well served by transport networks. The town is in the west of the Loire ...

Crossac Crossac (; br, Kroazieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administr ...

Donges Donges (; br, Donez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the region of Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s t ...

Guérande Guérande (; br, Gwenrann, ; french: label= Gallo, Geraundd) is a medieval town located in the department of Loire-Atlantique, and the region of Pays de la Loire, Western France. The inhabitants are referred to as ''Guérandais'' (masculine), ...

Herbignac Herbignac (; Gallo: ''Èrbinyac'', br, Erbigneg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also * Château de Ranrouët *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department T ...

Missillac Missillac (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Misilhac'', Breton language, Breton: ''Merzhelieg'') is a Communes of France, commune located in the Departments of France, department of Loire-Atlantique in western France. Geography Missillac is locate ...

Montoir-de-Bretagne Montoir-de-Bretagne (, literally ''Montoir of Brittany''; br, Mouster-al-Loc'h) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population The population data given in the table below refer to the commune of Montoir-de-Breta ...

Prinquiau Prinquiau (; oc, Prevenkel) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department ...

Pontchâteau Pontchâteau (; br, Pontkastell-Keren) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population Personalities *Jacques Demy (19311990), film director. * Lydie Denier (1964), actress. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atla ...

Pornichet Pornichet (; br, link=no, Pornizhan) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography Location Pornichet is a coastal town of the Côte d'Amour, located ten kilometers west of the centre of Saint-Nazaire. The ...

Saint-Joachim Saint-Joachim (; br, Sant-Yoasin) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is in the centre of the Brière marsh, and comprises a group of "islands" within the marsh. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique dep ...

Saint-Lyphard Saint-Lyphard (; br, Sant-Lefer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is named after Saint Liphardus, a 6th-century AD abbot of the monastery established at Meung-sur-Loire. See also * La Baule - Guérande Pen ...

Saint-Malo-de-Guersac Saint-Malo-de-Guersac (; br, Sant-Maloù-Gwersac'h) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1925 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. It is located from Saint-Nazaire in Brière. See a ...

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: ''Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer'') is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean ...

Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne (, literally '' Saint Regina of Brittany''; br, Santez-Rouanez-Breizh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The follow ...

Trignac Trignac (; br, Trinieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. Population See also * Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department * Parc natu ...

La Turballe La Turballe (; br, An Turball) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. This commune is known for its harbor, which is the first fishing harbor in the region. Every summer, there is a sardine party (fête de la sardine ...

Brière Regional Natural Park Brière Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional de Brière'') is a protected area in the Pays de la Loire region of France. It covers a total area of with a core of wetland, the ''Grande Brière'', covering approximately . The are ...

Assérac Assérac (; br, Azereg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of th ...