Brittany

For generations, the people of Brittany have risked their lives by fishing in rough waters and battling barren saline soil, and their resilience has been fueled by a Celtic culture, mystical and musical, sometimes melancholic, and sometimes life-affirming. After unification with France in 1532, the Bretons gradually lost their language and the local population declined. These days, the locals still tend to consider France a separate territory, although few of them can be called a nationalist.