Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale is an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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 ...

. It is located 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.

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in the

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 ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

, western

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, Pac ...

. It was created in January 2017. Its seat is in Quimper.Fiche signalétique CA Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
BANATIC Its area is 479.4 km². Its population was 100,196 in 2017, of which 62,985 in Quimper proper.Comparateur de territoire
Insee. Accessed 20 April 2021.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 14 communes: # Briec # Edern #

Ergué-Gabéric Ergué-Gabéric (; ''An Erge Vras'' in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river. The businessman and publisher Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was born in the commune. Population Int ...

Guengat Guengat () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Guengat are called in French ''Guengatais''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 2 ...

# Landrévarzec # Landudal #

Langolen Langolen () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The commune takes its name from Saint Collen, a 7th-century monk who is associated with the town of Llangollen in Wales and also with Cornwall. Populati ...

Locronan Locronan (; br, Lokorn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France, with a population of 800. Locronan is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("The most beautiful villages of France") associat ...

Plogonnec Plogonnec (; ) is a commune and small town in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It is about north west of Quimper and east of Douarnenez. The town is twinned with Llandysul in Wales. Geography The town is situate ...

Plomelin Plomelin (; ''Ploveilh'' in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies near the Odet river, about southwest of Quimper. International relations Plomelin is twinned with the village of Crym ...

Plonéis Plonéis (; br, Ploneiz) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Plonéis are called in French languag ...

Pluguffan Pluguffan (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Pluguffan are called in French ''Pluguffanais''. ...

# Quéménéven #

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