headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
forming the western extremity of the
Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...
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.
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Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
, corresponding to the former canton of Pont-Croix.
The best known sites in this region are the
pointe du Raz
The Pointe du Raz is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany, in France. The local Breton name is ''Beg ar Raz''. It is the western point of the ''commune'' of Plogoff, Finistère.
It is named after the ''Raz de Sein'', ...
, the
pointe du Van
The Pointe du Van ( br, Beg ar Vann, french: Pointe du Van, ) is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany, in France.
The local Breton name is ''Beg ar Vann''. It is located in the ''commune'' of Plogoff, Finistère
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The Cap Sizun reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean, bordered to the north by the
baie de Douarnenez
The Baie de Douarnenez (; br, Bae Douarnenez) is a bay in Finistère, France, between the Crozon Peninsula to the north and the Cap Sizun to the south. It is a vast semi-circular basin over wide and from its entrance to the opposite shore. Alth ...
, and to the south by the baie d'Audierne.
The territory of Cap Sizun is formed by the communes of
Pont-Croix
Pont-Croix (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France.
The town lies about from Audierne on the road to Douarnenez and is connec ...
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Audierne
Audierne (; br, Gwaien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Esquibien merged into Audierne.Plouhinec,
Confort-Meilars
Confort-Meilars () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
*Yann Larhantec
*List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel
This is a listing/"catalogue raiso ...
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Mahalon
Mahalon (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Mahalon are called in French
''Mahalonnais''.
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the ...
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Esquibien
Esquibien (; br, An Eskevien) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Audierne.Beuzec-Cap-Sizun
Beuzec-Cap-Sizun (; br, Beuzeg-ar-C'hab) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France, lying on the promontory of Cap Sizun.
Population
Inhabitants of Beuzec-Cap-Sizun are called ''Beuzecois'' in French.
See als ...
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Goulien
Goulien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Goulien are called in French ''Goulienois''.
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the ...
Primelin
Primelin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Primelin are called in French ''Primelinois''.