Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in north-western
France
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Tréméven are called in French ''Trémévénois''.
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Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through
Ya d'ar brezhoneg
(, ) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the () to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language which has fallen out of general use since the ...
on 8 March 2005.
In 2008, 24.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'' ''Enseignement bilingue'' /ref>
International relations
Treméven is twinned with the village of
Monivea
Monivea () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located approximately from Galway City and from Athenry. The village is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name.
It was formerly part of the kingdom of the Soghain ...
in
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
.
See also
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Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
*Entry on sculptor of Tréméven war memorial
Jean Joncourt
Jean Joncourt was a French sculptor born in Irvillac in 1869 and who died in 1937. He is well known for his work on war memorials.
Biography
Jean Joncourt was born in Irvillac on 31 December 1869. There is no record of his having received any ac ...