Independence movements

Timeline: Brittany

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  1. · Administrative change

    Administrative division of Brittany, 1941

    A wartime administrative decree separated the Loire-Inférieure department from the rest of historic Brittany, a division still in force today.

    Significance here: Created the modern administrative boundary underlying the ongoing reunification campaign.

  2. · Organisation founded

    Breton Democratic Union (UDB) founded, 1964

    A party proposing legislative autonomy for a reunified Brittany within a federal France was founded, becoming a lasting force in Breton regionalist politics.

    Significance here: Established the principal moderate Breton autonomist party, still represented on the Regional Council six decades later.

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