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LANDERNEAU is situated on the picturesque river Elorn, up river from Brest, 10 Km away! The Elorn separates the former bishoprics, Cornouaille to the south, capital: Quimper; and Léon to the north, capital: St-Pol-de-Léon. So the town has like one leg in each; and there is the "quai de Cornouaille" and the "quai de Léon" each side of the river.
It is well-known for a number of features.
--" La lune de Landerneau " ( The moon of Landerneau ) was the emblem of the powerful family " De Rohan ", who couldn't keep the Sun as an emblem, because it was Louis XIV's emblem.
--There is also the famous saying: " Cela fera du bruit dans Landerneau " ( It will cause a stir in Landerneau.) It comes from a play by A Duval (1767-1842 ): A rich naval officer taken for dead, comes back to his home town, to the great disappointment of his heirs. Seeing him arrive, his servant exclaims: " Cela fera du bruit dans Landerneau."
The audience adopted the expression, which is still used nowadays in current French, every time an unexpected event happens; for instance, one can hear that an unexpected government decision will cause a stir in the "Landerneau politique".

--Then of course, there is the famous inhabited "Pont de Rohan", one of the 4 last inhabited bridges in Europe ( with the "Ponte Vecchio" Florence, "Pulteney Bridge" Bath England and "Krämerbrücke", the merchants'bridge Erfurt Germany. Lovech Bridge, Bulgaria, is covered by shops, because after the last fire, they didn't put any housing on it, only shops. )
The pont de Rohan is the limit between the tidal river to the west and the river upstream! If you compare it to Sterne's image"LE PONT DE ROHAN III" (see the group theme), you can really see that it's a tidal river, up to the locks under the bridge.

More info in WS.

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