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 ...
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belon ...
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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 ...
, northwestern
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 ...
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 16 communes:
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Arzano
Arzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km north of Naples.
Arzano borders the following municipalities: Casandrino, Casavatore, Casoria, Frattamaggiore, ...
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Bannalec
Bannalec (; br, Banaleg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in northwestern France. Bannalec station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of Castleisland.
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Clohars-Carnoët
Clohars-Carnoët (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The beach resort of Le Pouldu, with the beaches of Bellangenet and Kerrou, is located in the town.
Geography
The commune has two small harbours: ...
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Guilligomarc'h
Guilligomarc'h () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Guilligomarc'h are called in French ''Guillogomarc'hois''.
Geography
Guilligomarc'h is located in southeastern part ...
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Locunolé
Locunolé (; br, Lokunole) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Toponymy
From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé.
Geography
The village centre i ...
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Mellac
Mellac (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French ''Mellacois''.
Geography
The village centre is located northeast of Quimperlé. Historically, ...
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Moëlan-sur-Mer
Moëlan-sur-Mer (, literally ''Moëlan on Sea''; br, Molan) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
In French the inhabitants of Moëlan-sur-Mer are known as ''Moëla ...
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Querrien
Querrien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''.
Geography
The village centre is located north of Quimperlé.
Neighbouring ...
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Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belon ...
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Rédené
Rédené (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The poet Gérard Le Gouic winner of the 1973 Prix Breizh and the 1980 Prix Antonin-Artaud was born in Rédené.
Population
Inhabitants of Rédené are ...
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Riec-sur-Bélon
Riec-sur-Bélon (; br, Rieg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.Saint-Thurien
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Scaër
Scaër (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Scaër are called in French ''Scaërois''. Scaër's population peaked at 7,838 in 1946 and declined to 5,295 in 2019. This repr ...
Le Trévoux
Le Trévoux (; br, An Treoù-Kerne) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Le Trévoux are called in French ''Trévoltois''.
Map
See also
*Communes of the Finistère depart ...
References
Landerneau
Landerneau (; br, Landerne, ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, east of Brest. The name is from ...
Landerneau
Landerneau (; br, Landerne, ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, east of Brest. The name is from ...