Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
in northwestern
France
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Population
Inhabitants of Paule are called ''paulois'' in French.
Geography
Paule is located on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains), northeast of
Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
T ...
. Historically, the village belongs to
Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...
Glomel
Glomel (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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to the east, by
Langonnet
Langonnet () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Langonnet is in north-west part of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It's one of the few Cornouaille parishes that are now in the Morbihan depa ...
to the south and by Plévin to the west. From the hamlet of Bellevue, it is possible to enjoy a nice view on the plain toward the north.
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Prehistory
The fortified habitat of Paule, a protohistoric Celtic fortress commonly called the fortress of Paule, dates from the 5th century BC. J.-C. to the 1st century AD. J.-C., on the territory of the Osismes.