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Trégor (Traditional province, Brittany, France)

Bro Dreger

Last modified: 2003-06-14 by ivan sache
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[Flag of Tregor]by Raphaël Vinet

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Description of the flag

I bought in Brittany last summer the flag of the traditional Breton County of Trégor (Dreger in Breton). Like the flag of Bigouden Country it was designed by Bernard Le Brun, and, according to the accompanying information sheets, approved by the Breton Vexillological Society on Sunday 10 November 1996; confirmed on Sunday 16 March 1997 and officially hoisted for the first time on 29 March 1998 at Trézelan.

As I understand it, the dragon mentioned in the text is technically a wyvern - a heraldic beast which I have seen described as having "the front half of a dragon and the rear half of a serpent"; or alternatively as "a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail".

Relevant parts of the information sheet:

"The red dragon is the emblem of saint Tudwal, founder and patron-saint of Trégor. It can also represent King Arthur who, according to leg