Léon (Traditional province, Brittany, France)

Bro Leon

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Flag of Léon - Image by Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, 29 December 1999

• Presentation of Léon
• Flag of Léon

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• France
• Brittany: Index of all pages
• Pays Bigouden (Traditional district, Brittany)

Presentation of Léon

Léon, located in the north-west of Brittany, is an ancient bishopric and county, with Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Kastell-Paol ) as its capital and Brest as it largest town.

Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, 29 December 1999

Flag of Léon

The flag of Léon, designed by Yoran Delacour in 1996 and approved by the Breton Vexillological Society, is a banner of the traditional, canting arms of the province, a black lion without claws, tongue and teeth on an orange field, dating from 1276. Leon means lion in Breton.

Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, 29 December 1999