The Cap Sizun (; br, Ar C'hab) is a headland 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 ...
, in the French
département
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 ...
of
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.
in
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
, 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' ...
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
The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France.
The commu ...
,
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 th ...
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 a ...
Cléden-Cap-Sizun
Cléden-Cap-Sizun (; br, Kledenn-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 Cléden-Cap-Sizun are called in French ''Clédinois''.
I ...
,
Primelin
Primelin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Primelin are called in French ''Primelinois''.
,
Plogoff
Plogoff (; br, Plougoñ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It contains three small ports suitable for small vessels: Pors-Loubous, Feunten-Aod and Bestrée. Local industries include tourism, traditi ...
* ''Cap-Sizun - Au pays de la pointe du Raz et de l'île de Sein'', par Serge Duigou et Jean-Michel Le Boulanger, Éditions Palantines, 2005, 239 pages,
* ''La Révolution au fond du Cap-Sizun'', de l'Abbé Corentin Parcheminou, paru en 1935, réédité en 2003 par Le Livre d'Histoire-Lorisse, Paris, ;
* ''Pilleurs du Cap!'' Le pillage d'épaves dans les paroisses du Cap-Sizun au XVIII° siècle, de Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap Sizun, 2001, ;
* ''Le Couvent des Capucins d'Audierne, 1657–1795'', Fondation, vie et disparition d'une institution française, Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap Sizun,
* ''Contes du Cap-Sizun'', traduits du Breton par Roger Gargadennec, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve Paris, 1973
* ''Hyacinthe Le Carguet, un passeur de mémoire en Cap-Sizun'', présenté par Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap-Sizun, 9, rue Danton 29770 Audierne, 332 pages,