Rostrenen

Rostrenen (Rostren into Breton) is a common department of the Coast-with Armor, in the area Brittany, in France.

Rostrenen means into Breton, " the hill of the ronces". The legend tells that a statue out of wooden of the Vierge was found in a bramble bush. This statue is exposed in the church of Rostrenen. It is shown in the open air, at the time of the procession of the August 15th. The pilgrims, lighting with a candle, give each other appointment around 8 p.m., in front of the church and go up while singing on the hill of Miniou (meadows of the weather observatory) around a large wood fire. This Pèlerinage one of is attended in Brittany. The local Breton pronunciation is /rosse-train/ (French and noninternational phonetics): the final probably fell during the Middle Ages under the influence from the fort tonic Accent Breton but like often for the Breton place names, the French administration preserved an antiquated C-W communication dating from the Middle Ages (cf celebrates it marked Henaff /Hena ñ/but whose registry office preserves the use of the graphème aff used by the Breton ones at the Middle Ages to note the nasalisation of a vowel).

In the same way, the name used by the administration is marked /rosse-treu-nain/ (always in “French” phonetics), the sound system of the Breton not being the same one as that of the French.

Geography

Rostrenen belongs to the cornouaillaise part Coast-with Armor: it belonged to évêché of Cornwall S. the language used was the Breton cornouaillais until the linguistic swing into French who took place in the years 1950.

Climate

Rostrenen has the originality to count the greatest number of days of rain per annum in France. (Sources: Quid and Francoise Morvan, in her book the world like if )

Culture

Rostrenen organizes and accommodates every years since 1995, end-August, a Fisel Festival. With the program: training courses of dance, Treujenn-jail, Kan ha diskan, Diatonic accordion, Bagpipe and bombards.

History

Rostrenen is known for actions of the Résistance during the Second world war.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the church Our-Lady-of-Roncier, old church of the 13th century classified historic building
the vault of Loc Maria, monument of the 14th century
the Manor of Kampostal, on the place of the borough Coz (old borough), splendid construction in Granite dating from the 16th century, with a monumental chimney and a polygonal tower

Personalities related to the commune

Auguste Boncors, writer
Philomène Cadoret, woman writer, known under the pseudonym of Koulmig Arvor
Castling Carrion, resistant
Danielle Collobert, writer
Guillaume Caroff, politician
Jean Fustec, journalist and druid
Christophe Honore, writer and realizer
Francoise Morvan, writer
Olivier Perrin, draftsman and painter
Armand Robin, writer
Jean Roland, workman of the Highways Departments, resistant Communist, died in Buchenwald
Albert Torquéau and Marcel Sanguy, resistant
Claude Michel, professional footballer of the In front of Guingamp
Jean Lody, photographer and archeologist amateur

See too

Common of Coast-in Armor

External bonds

Rostrenen on the site of the national geographical Institute
Rostrenen on the site of INSEE
Rostrenen on the site of Quid
Localization of Rostrenen on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Rostrenen on Mapquest
Festival Fisel de Rostrenen

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