Cornish and Breton twin towns
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The following table lists the names of Breton
communities which have concluded town twinning
agreements with communities in Cornwall
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Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
communities which have concluded town twinning
Town twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
agreements with communities in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
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| Falmouth Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset.... |
Aberfal | Douarnenez | Douarnenez |
| Bodmin Bodmin Bodmin is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of the county southwest of Bodmin Moor.The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character... |
Bosvenegh | Le Relecq-Kerhuon Le Relecq-Kerhuon Le Relecq-Kerhuon is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Le Relecq-Kerhuon are called in French Relecquois or Kerhorres.-Breton language:... |
Ar Releg-Kerhuon |
| St Buryan St Buryan St Buryan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village of St Buryan is situated approximately five miles west of Penzance along the B3283 towards Land's End... |
Eglosveryan | Calan Calan Călan is a town in Romania, in Hunedoara County, on the Strei river valley, at 230 m altitude.Twelve villages are administered by the town: Batiz , Călanu Mic , Grid, Nădăştia de Jos , Nădăştia de Sus , Ohaba Streiului , Sâncrai , Sântămăria de Piatră , Strei Călan is a town in Romania, in... |
Kalann |
| Saltash Saltash Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by... |
Essa | Plougastel-Daoulas Plougastel-Daoulas Plougastel-Daoulas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Plougastel-Daoulas are called in French Plougastels.-Breton language:... |
Plougastell-Daoulaz |
| Millbrook Millbrook, Cornwall Millbrook is a civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula four miles south of Saltash.... |
Govermelin | Plouider Plouider Plouider is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-References:**... |
Plouider |
| Hayle Hayle Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River and is approximately seven miles northeast of Penzance... |
Heyl | Pordic Pordic Pordic is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Pordic are called pordicais.-Breton language:... |
Porzhig |
| Helston Helston Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than... |
Hellys | Pleumeur-Bodou Pleumeur-Bodou Pleumeur-Bodou is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Pleumeur-Bodou are called pleumeurois.-External links:*... |
Pleuveur-Bodoù |
| Calstock Calstock Calstock is civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar south west of Tavistock and north of Plymouth.... |
Kalstok | Saint-Thuriau Saint-Thuriau Saint-Thuriau is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Saint-Thuriau are called in French Thuriaviens or Thurialais.-References:* * -External links:* *... |
Sant-Turiav |
| Camborne Camborne Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth.... |
Kammbronn | Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray are called in French Saintannois.-Breton language:... |
Santez-Anna-Wened |
| Callington | Kelliwik | Guipavas Guipavas Guipavas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and surburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and... |
Gwipavaz |
| St Germans | Lannales | Plouguerneau Plouguerneau Plouguerneau is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-International relations:It is twinned with a number of villages in South East Cornwall, England, including:* St Germans* Tideford-Population:... |
Plougerne |
| Feock Feock, Cornwall Feock is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 5 miles south of Truro at the head of Carrick Roads on the River Fal. To the south, the parish is bounded by Restronguet Creek and to the east by Carrick Roads and the River Fal... |
Lannfiek | Hôpital-Camfrout Hôpital-Camfrout Hôpital-Camfrout is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Hôpital-Camfrout are called in French Hospitaliers or Camfroutois.-References:** ;-External links:* *... |
An Ospital |
| Crantock Crantock Crantock is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is approximately two miles southwest of Newquay.... |
Lanngorrow | Carantec Carantec Carantec is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.Carantec is located on the coast of the English Channel, and contains a small island within its boundaries, the Île Callot... |
Karanteg |
| Constantine Constantine, Kerrier Constantine is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles west-southwest of Falmouth.... |
Lanngostentin | Pont-Croix Pont-Croix Pont-Croix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.The town lies about from Audierne on the road to Douarnenez and is connected to Plouhinec by a small, scenic road that passes through the Goyen valley.... |
Pontekroaz |
| Launceston | Lannstefan | Plestin-les-Grèves Plestin-les-Grèves Plestin-les-Grèves is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.Plestin-les-Grèves is situated on the north coast of Brittany, with a sailing club in Stefflam and Loquirec... |
Plistin |
| St Erth St Erth St Erth is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village is situated four miles southeast of St Ives and six miles northeast of Penzance.... |
Lannudhno | Ploulec'h Ploulec'h Ploulec'h is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-Breton language:The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on October 19, 2006.-International relations:Ploulec'h is twinned with:... |
Ploulec'h |
| Mabe Mabe, Cornwall Mabe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated one mile west of Penryn.... |
Lannvab | Primelin Primelin Primelin is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-References:** -External links:*... |
Prevel |
| Looe Looe Looe is a small coastal town, fishing port and civil parish in the former Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 . Looe is divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe and West Looe being connected by a bridge... |
Logh | Quiberon Quiberon Quiberon is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon... |
Kiberen |
| Lostwithiel Lostwithiel Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739... |
Lostwydhyel | Pleyber-Christ Pleyber-Christ Pleyber-Christ is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Pleyber-Christ are called in FrenchPleybériens.-References:** -External links:*... |
Pleiber-Krist |
| The Lizard The Lizard The Lizard is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at .... |
Lys Airt | Landévennec Landévennec Landévennec is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Ship graveyard:Shortly before entering the roadstead of Brest, the river Aulne forms a bend around the Île de Térénez then the pointe de Pen Forn near Landévennec, where there is 10m depth of water regardless... |
Landevenneg |
| Liskeard Liskeard Liskeard is an ancient stannary and market town and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Liskeard is situated approximately 20 miles west of Plymouth, west of the River Tamar and the border with Devon, and 12 miles east of Bodmin... |
Lyskerrys | Quimperlé Quimperlé Quimperlé is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Geography:Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the sest of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper... |
Kemperle |
| Penryn Penryn, Cornwall Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth... |
Pennrynn | Audierne Audierne Audierne is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.The town lies on a peninsula at the mouth of the Goyen river and for centuries was a fishing village, with a wide sandy beach. Visitors can take a boat from Audierne's port of Esquibien to the Île de Sein.The... |
Gwaien |
| Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London... |
Pennsans | Concarneau Concarneau Concarneau is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding... |
Konk-Kerne |
| Torpoint Torpoint Torpoint is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar.... |
Penntorr | Bénodet Bénodet Bénodet is a commune in the Finistère département in Brittany in northwestern France.The name Benoded means in Breton, "mouth of the Odet". It is about 16 kilometres south of Quimper.... |
Benoded |
| Wadebridge Wadebridge Wadebridge is a civil parish and town in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel five miles upstream from Padstow.... |
Ponsrys | Langueux Langueux Langueux is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Langueux are called langueusiens.-External links:* *... |
Langaeg |
| St. Ives St Ives, Cornwall St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial... |
Porth Ia | Camaret Camaret-sur-Mer Camaret-sur-Mer is a commune in the Finistère department in northwestern France, located at the end of Crozon peninsula.-Sights:Camaret-sur-Mer is home to the Tour Vauban or Tour dorée , a historic fortification guarding the harbor and built in 1669-94... |
Kameled |
| Bude Bude Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France... |
Porth Bud | Ergué-Gabéric Ergué-Gabéric Ergué-Gabéric is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river.-Population:-Sights:The church of Saint Gwenhael has an organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint.... |
An Erge-Vras |
| Cawsand Cawsand Cawsand and Kingsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula and is in the parish of Maker-with-Rame.... |
Porthbugh | Porspoder Porspoder Porspoder is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Porspoder are called in French Porspodériens.-References:** -External links:* *... |
Porspoder |
| Porthleven Porthleven Porthleven is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom, near Helston. It is the most southerly port on the island of Great Britain and was originally developed as a harbour of refuge, when this part of the Cornish coastline was recognised as a black spot for wrecks in days... |
Porthleven | Guissény Guissény Guissény is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Guissény are called in French Guisséniens.-References:** ;-External links:*... |
Gwiseni |
| Redruth Redruth Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of... |
Rysrudh | Plumergat Plumergat Plumergat is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.In September 2007, 7.2% of children in the community were enrolled in primary bilingual.-Breton language:... |
Pluvergad |
| Redruth Redruth Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of... |
Rysrudh | Meriasek | Meriadeg |
| St Neot | St Neot | Malguénac Malguénac Malguénac is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-References:* * -External links:* *... |
Malgeneg |
| Stithians Stithians Stithians is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies in the centre of the triangle bounded by Redruth, Helston and Falmouth. Its population is 2,004.... |
Sen Stedhyans | Ploërdut Ploërdut Ploërdut is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-References:* * -External links:* *... |
Pleurdud |
| Storuay or Newquay Newquay Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately west of Bodmin and north of Truro.... |
Tewynn Pleustri | Dinard Dinard Dinard is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.Dinard is on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a popular holiday destination, and this has resulted in the town having a variety of famous visitors and residents... |
Dinarzh |
| Truro Truro Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census... |
Truru | Morlaix Morlaix Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:... |
Montroulez |