Brittany ("Haute Bretagne" and "Breizh Uhel"), corresponding to the eastern half, where Gallo is traditionally spoken. The historical Breton dioceses were: Upper Brittany: The Pays nantais, around Nantes, corresponding to the Loire-Atlantique département. The Pays rennais, around Rennes, forming part of the Ille-et-Vilaine département. The Pays de Dol, around Dol-de-Bretagne, corresponding to the northern part of the Ille-et-Vilaine département. The Pays de Saint-Brieuc, around Saint-Brieuc, forming part of the Côtes-d'Armor département. The Pays de Saint-Malo, around Saint-Malo, divided between Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes-d'Armor and Morbihan. Lower Brittany: The Pays vannetais, around Vannes, corresponding to the Morbihan département. The Cornouaille, around Quimper, divided between Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor. The Léon, around Saint-Pol-de-Léon, corresponding to the northern part of the Finistère département. The Trégor, around Tréguier, forming part of the Côtes-d'Armor département. During the French Revolution, four dioceses were suppressed and the five remaining ones were modified to have the same administrative borders as the départements. Capital cities Brittany has several historical capital cities. When it was an independent duchy, the Estates of Brittany, which can be compared to a parliament, met in various towns: Dinan, Ploërmel, Redon, Rennes, Vitré, Guérande, and, most of all, Vannes, where they met 19 times, and Nantes, 17 times. The Court and the government were also very mobile, and each dynasty favoured its own castles and estates. The dukes mostly lived in Nantes, Vannes, Redon, Rennes, Fougères, Dol-de-Bretagne, Dinan and Guérande. All these towns except Vannes are located in Upper Brittany, thus not in the Breton speaking area. Among all these towns, only Nantes, Rennes and Vannes, which were the biggest ones, could really pretend to the capital status. The dukes were crowned in Rennes and they had a large castle there; it was however destroyed during the 15th century. Vannes, on its side, was the seat of the Chamber of Accounts and of the Parliament until the union with France. The Parliament was then transferred to Rennes, and the Chamber of Accounts to Nantes. Nantes, nicknamed "the city of the Dukes of Brittany", was also the permanent residence of the last dukes. The Château des ducs de Bretagne still stands in the city centre. Nowadays, Rennes is the only official capital of the region of Brittany. It is also the seat of an ecclesiastical province encompassing Brittany and the Pays de la Loire region. Present subdivisions During the French Revolution, Brittany was divided into five départements, each made