| Geographical situation: The city of Dinan (Under - prefecture of 12 873 hab, Alt. 76 m) situates in britany in the north west of France . It is situated in the department of Coasts of Armor (22), to a thirty Kms to the south of the city of St Malo and approximately to a fifty of kms cities of Rennes and St Brieuc |
| Origin of the name "Dinan": This name belongs the great totality of names of origin places Gallic. "DUN or DIN", contraction of the Gallic "DUNOS" designates a hill devoted to a God or to a Goddess. Then "DUNOS" will take the fortified hill senses or "OPPIDUM". Finally, "DUNOS" in "DUNUS" or "DUNUM" will have the senses of "City on the hill". Our DINAN on RANCE is formed 2 syllables: "DIN" and "YEAR". This last syllable is the diminutive of the name goddess ANNA, Celtic goddess, mother of Gods, protect of the life dead and humid places. Indeed, to DINAN, before the XIIIe century, marsh did not lack. |
Here, a gallery of 39 ancient images of the city ...
