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Querrien
Querrien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''. Geography The village centre is located north of Quimperlé. Neighbouring communes Querrien is border by Lanvénégen to north, by Meslan and Locunolé to east, by Tréméven and Mellac to south and by Saint-Thurien to west. Map Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 7 March 2007. Gallery File:Querrien Notre Dame de la Clarté.JPG, Chapel of Notre Dame de la Clarté File:Fontaine La Clarté.jpg, Fountain of La Clarté File:Manoir Kervagat Querrien (29).jpg, Manor of Kervagat File:Stèle_gauloise_Querrien.jpg, Celtic stele of Kervagat File:Querrien_moulin_de_Kerivarch.jpg, Mill of Kerivarch See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locunolé
Locunolé (; br, Lokunole) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Toponymy From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé. Geography The village centre is located north-east of Quimperlé. The river Ellé forms the eastern border of the commune. Neighbouring communes Locunolé is border by Guilligomarc'h to east, by Arzano to south, by Tréméven to west and by Querrien to north. Population Inhabitants of Locunolé are called in French ''Locunolois''. Map Gallery File:023 Locunolé.jpg, The parish church Saint Guénolé File:024 Locunolé.jpg, Chapel Notre Dame de Folgoët File:Locunolé_chapelle_Sainte_Gertrude_1.jpg, Chapel Sainte-Gertrude File:Locunolé_fontaines_jumelles.jpg, Fountains of saints File:Locunolé_Moulin_Mohot_1.jpg, Mill Mohot See also *Communes of the Finistère department *Entry on sculptor of local war memorial Jean Joncourt Jean Joncourt was a Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimperlé Communauté
Quimperlé Communauté is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Quimperlé. It is located in the Finistère department, in the Brittany region, northwestern France. Created in 1993, its seat is in Quimperlé.CA Quimperlé Communauté (N° SIREN : 242900694) BANATIC. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Its area is 607.0 km2. Its population was 55,993 in 2019, of which 12,220 in Quimperlé proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanvénégen
Lanvénégen (; br, Lannejenn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Historically, Lanvénégen belongs to Cornouaille. The village centre is located north-west of Lorient and east of Quimper. The river Ellé forms the eastern border of the commune. Apart from the village centre, there are about eighty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the villages of Vetveur, Lanzonnet and Quinquis. Neighbouring communes Lanvénégen is border by Meslan to east, by Le Faouët to north, by Guiscriff to west and by Querrien to south. Demographics Inhabitants of Lanvénégen are called in French ''Lanvénégenois''. Lanvénégen's population peaked at 2,790 in 1926 and declined to 1,144 in 2019. This represents a 59.0% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. Map List of places History In 1508, the construction of the current parish church dedicated to Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meslan
Meslan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French ''Meslannais''.* Population Geography Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the village centre, there are about eighty hamlets. Most of them consist in two or three houses but others are more important like Bonigeard. The river Ellé forms the western border of the commune. Neighboring communes Map List of places History The parish church, placed under the patronage of Saint Mélaine, was rebuilt in 1577. The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1678. The first mayor of Meslan, Louis Trouboul, was murdered by a gang of chouans on the night of January 9 to 10, 1795. Monuments File:Meslan chapelle Sainte-Catherine.JPG, Chapel of Sainte-Catherine File:Meslan Binigeard calvaire face est.JPG, calvary of Bonigeard File:Chapelle Saint Paterne de Meslan.JPG, Chapel of Saint-Patern File:Meslan Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellac
Mellac (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French ''Mellacois''. Geography The village centre is located northeast of Quimperlé. Historically, Mellac belongs to Cornouaille. The river Isole forms the commune's northern and eastern borders. Neighboring communes Mellac is border by Saint-Thurien and Querrien to the north, by Tréméven to the east, by Quimperlé and Baye to the south and by Le Trévoux and Bannalec to the west. Map History The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1562. center, Yves Tamic, mayor of Mellac from 1871 to 1891, in regional costume. Gallery File:Mellac manoir de Kernault de face.JPG, Manor of Kernault File:Mellac greniers à pans de bois Kernault.JPG, Granary of Manor of Kernault File:135 Mellac.jpg, The parish church See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Thurien, Finistère
Saint-Thurien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It takes its name from Saint Turiaf of Dol, bishop of the ancient Diocese of Dol. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Thurien are called in French ''Thuriennois''. Geography Saint-Thurien is located in the southeastern part of Finistère, northwest of Quimperlé, northwest of Lorient and east of Quimper. Historically, the town belongs to Cornouaille. It lies in the valley of the river Isole. Saint-Thurien is border by Guiscriff to the north, by Querrien to the east, by Mellac to the south and by Bannalec to the west. Apart from the village centre, there are about sixty hamlets. Map List of places History The parish church was rebuilt at the end of the nineteenth century in accordance with the architect Joseph Bigot's plans. The new church replaced an older church that dated from the sixteenth century. Economy The Peny factory, located on the banks of the river Isole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Finistère Department
The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 7 October 2022. * *CA * |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Populations légales 2019: 29 Finistère INSEE History  The present department consists of the historical region of and parts of and
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany (administrative Region)
Brittany (french: Bretagne ; br, Breizh ); Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about four fifths of the territory of the historic province of Brittany. Its capital is Rennes. It is one of the two Regions in Metropolitan France that does not contain any landlocked departments, the other being Corsica. Brittany is a peninsular region bordered by the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south, and its neighboring regions are Normandy to the northeast and Pays de la Loire to the southeast. " Bro Gozh ma Zadoù" is the anthem of Brittany. It is sung to the same tune as that of the national anthem of Wales, "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", and has similar words. As a region of France, Brittany has a Regional Council, which was most recently elected in 2021. Territory The region of Brittany was created in 1941 from four of the five departments constituting the territory of traditional Brittany. The other is Loire-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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