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Gouesnac'h () is a
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in the
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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of
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in north-western
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.


Geography

The small village of Gouesnac'h is located between the
Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The ...
(mediaeval town)/
Bénodet Bénodet (; Breton: ''Benoded'') is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.Odet The Odet ( br, Oded) is a river in western France (Finistère department), which runs from Saint-Goazec (near Leuhan, in the Montagnes Noires of Brittany) into the Atlantic Ocean at Bénodet. The name of the town of Bénodet comes from the river; ...
River.


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History

Celtic presence before the Roman invasion. Roman defensive place. Medieval activities and several Catholic foundations.


Sights

With breath-taking views of the entire area, the Boutiguéry Park is dedicated to
rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...
s (30,000 plants) and
azalea Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octob ...
s. *Church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (1630) *Chapel Notre-Dame du Vray Secours (1729) *Chapel Sainte-Barbe (ruins) *Chapel Saint-Cadou (1578) *Chapel Saint-Maudet *5th-7th centuries oratorio (ruins) *Saint-Herbot's oratorio (16th century)


Population

Inhabitants of Gouesnac'h are known in
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as ''Gouesnachais''.


See also

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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
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Mayors of Finistère Association
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