Bourbriac

...de Buzzle:

The French are revolting. This is not a subjective judgment but a statement of fact. Last Saturday afternoon, a crowd gathered in the main square of the Breton town of Bourbriac, beside the imposing 11th-century church, and set fire to a pile of local estate agents' brochures. "Brittany not for sale!" was their uncompromising message.

Britons buying homes in the area were one of the targets for the demonstration - or, as the French more poetically prefer, "manifestation". It followed recent instances of "Brits out" graffiti being daubed on estate agents and the office of the local notary. The sleepy town of Bourbriac (pop: 2,300) has become the focus of Breton nationalism; it has even been dubbed the "village of hate" by the touchier sections of the British press. Not quite Fallujah perhaps, but close...

...All three complain about the language barrier. Few of the British can speak French, let alone Breton. Incomers prefer the "English-spoken" restaurant on the other side of the square. "Most of the Brits moving in are in their 50s," says Lucien, "too old to learn a new language. As we are to learn English." ...