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Arrondissement Of Brest
The arrondissement of Brest, sometimes referred to as greater Brest, or the greater Brest region, is an arrondissement of France in the Finistère department in the Brittany region. It has 77 communes. Its population is 374,276 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Brest, and their INSEE codes, are: # Bohars (29011) # Bourg-Blanc (29015) # Brélès (29017) # Brest (29019) # Coat-Méal (29035) # Le Conquet (29040) # Daoulas (29043) # Dirinon (29045) # Le Drennec (29047) # Le Folgoët (29055) # La Forest-Landerneau (29056) # Gouesnou (29061) # Goulven (29064) # Guilers (29069) # Guipavas (29075) # Guissény (29077) # Hanvec (29078) # Hôpital-Camfrout (29080) # Île-Molène (29084) # Irvillac (29086) # Kerlouan (29091) # Kernilis (29093) # Kernouës (29094) # Kersaint-Plabennec (29095) # Lampaul-Plouarzel (29098) # Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau (29099) # Lanarvily (29100) # Landéda (29101) # Landerneau (29103) # Landunvez (29109) # Lanildut (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area (with a population of 300,300 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''préfecture'' (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper. During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Folgoët
Le Folgoët (; br, Ar Folgoad) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. Population In French the inhabitants of Le Folgoët are known as ''Folgoëtiens''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department * List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent * List of works of the two Folgoët ateliers *List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel This is a listing/"catalogue raisonné" of the works of the Maître de Plougastel and his workshop between 1570 and 1621. The work includes calvaries and crosses, church decoration and some miscellaneous items. His best known work is the Calvary ... References External linksOfficial website *Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kernouës
Kernouës (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Kernouës are called in French ''Kernouésiens''. See also *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):Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kernilis
Kernilis (; br, Kerniliz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Kernilis are called in French ''Kernilisiens''. See also *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):Mayors of Finistère Association ; Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerlouan
Kerlouan (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France not far from Brest. It also contains the village of Meneham. Population Inhabitants of Kerlouan are called in French ''Kerlouanais''. Fishing hamlet of Meneham The village of Meneham, locate in Pagan county ( bro bagan), was initially built as a lookout post in the 17th century by Vauban. The main building has the distinction of having a stone roof. The inhabitants came to steal the wood used for the fire. The lookout is built around many huge granite rocks. This village is almost deserted and in disrepair in the 1990s. A rehabilitation operation is then initiated from 2004. The old cottage is now the Village Inn (restaurant). Sights * Kerlouan transmitter, for transmitting orders to submerged submarines in VLF-range. * The coast is another great point of interest, as are the beaches of "Boutrouille" and "Le Fanal", and for climbers the "île aux vaches". *''Le Gallion'' restaura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvillac
Irvillac (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. Population In French the inhabitants of Irvillac are known as ''Irvillacois''. See also *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):Jean Joncourt, sculptor, born in Irvillac * Roland Doré sculptor, sculptor of the calvary in Irvillac References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molène
Molène () is an island off the west coast of Brittany and one of the Ponant Isles, making it the largest of an archipelago of twenty islands. In tiers of government it is in Finistère, a department of Brittany in north-western France – specifically at the heart of the commune of Île-Molène, which takes in neighbouring islets. Geography The island is small, less than 1 by , and covers under of non-foreshore land. The community and port are on the east side, opposite a tiny tidal island, the Lédénes of Molène. Population Inhabitants of Île-Molène are called in French ''Molénais''. Usual residents have fallen in recent decades, but Molène remains inhabited, with a permanent population of 169 (2013 census). Amenities The island's electricity is produced by a small diesel generator. Potable water supplies are from rainwater catchment, with each household additionally maintaining its own cistern. A local delicacy is Molène sausage, which has the distinction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôpital-Camfrout
Hôpital-Camfrout () is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. Population In French the inhabitants of Hôpital-Camfrout are known as ''Hospitaliers'' or ''Camfroutois''. International relations Hôpital-Camfrout is twinned with: * Feock, United Kingdom See also *Communes of the Finistère department *Parc naturel régional d'Armorique The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ( br, Park an Arvorig), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany. The park land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to hilly inland countryside. There are sandy beaches, sw ... References External links Official website *Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanvec
Hanvec (; br, Hañveg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Hanvec are called in French ''Hanvécois''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department *Parc naturel régional d'Armorique The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ( br, Park an Arvorig), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany. The park land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to hilly inland countryside. There are sandy beaches, sw ... References External links Official website *Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guissény
Guissény (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Guissény is a coastal town lying in the English Channel, it is part of the "Pays de pagan", limited to the northeast by a marine gulf, the gulf (or cove) of Tressény, into which flows a small coastal river, the Quillimadec, which separates it from Kerlouan, and to the west by the Porz Olier (limited to the east by the tip of Dibennou and to the west by that of Beg ar Skeïz), a small residual marine gulf that was once much larger, most of which has been transformed, due to the construction of a dyke, by man into a polder (La Palud de Curnic, where salt marshes once existed) or a pond (Étang du Curnic) which separates Guissény from Plouguerneau, the town s 'extending westward to include a good part of the beach of Vougo (Vougot), the other part being in Plouguerneau; the coastal dunes reach an altitude of up to 13 meters at a place called “la Sècherie”. To the west of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guipavas
Guipavas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas. The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church. Population Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French ''Guipavasiens''. Breton language *In 2008, 4.39% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also * Brest Bretagne Airport *Communes of the Finistère department *Yann Larhantec *List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent List of works of Bastien and Henry Prigent. The sculptors or "Ymageurs", Bastien and Henry Prigent ran a workshop (atelier) in Landerneau, Brittany, France from 1527 to 1577 and records show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilers
Guilers (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French ''Guilériens''. Breton language In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *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):Official website * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
