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Which town in France is the most thickly populated with bragards?
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#60417. Asked by Flem-ish. (Nov 07 05 5:40 PM)
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my_baby_love
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Do you mean braggards?
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Flem-ish
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No, no :the name refers to the "bra(ve) gars" [courageous people] who gave the inhabitants of that town their nickname. "Braggarts" in France would be an entirely different competition.
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gmackematix
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Saint-Dizier in the Champagne region?
I've seen one French page that says people from there are known as "Bragars". I still have no idea why.
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Flem-ish
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Yes, Saint Dizier where they have a monument to their "brave gars" who in 1544 held out for six months against the troops of the Emperor Charles V. This compared so favourably with the behaviour of the neighbouring town of Vitry-le François that the French King Francis the First abundantly congratulated the warriors of Saint-Dizier. Saint-Dizier was also where Napoleon I defeated a coalition of Russian and Prussian troops in 1814. It was to be his last victory.
"Bragards" later became the name of all the inhabitants of Saint-Dizier.
For a photo of the monument to the "heroes of 1544" see  http://saint-dizier.ville-photo.com/monuments-10.html
At http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Dizier more background information can be found.
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