Briec (, formerly ''Briec-de-l'Odet''; br, Brieg) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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
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 ...
of
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 ...
in north-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 ...
.
Sights
*
Calvary at Saint-Vennec, (1556)
*Chapelle de la Madeleine, 16th century
*Chapelle de Sainte-Cécile 16th century
*Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Illijour 19th century
*Chapelle Saint-Corentin 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Égarec 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Venec 16th century
*Saint-Pierre parish church, 15th century
List of mayors
*Jean-Hubert Pétillon 2014
*Jean-Paul Le Pann 2001/2014
*Joseph Bernard 1989/2001
*François Rolland 1981/1989
*Pierre Stephan 1959/1981
*Yves Le Page 1945/1959
*Jean Pennarun 1941/1945
*Hervé Merour 1929/1941
*Pierre Kerbourc'h 1925/1929
*Jean Pennarun 1919/1925
*Michel Croissant 1908/1919
*Jean Pennarun 1906/1908
*Michel Croissant 1904/1906
*Hervé Le Gac 1882/1904
*Pierre Dandurand 1878/1882
*Jean Bozec 1857/1878
*Jean Rolland 1855/1857
*Jean Kerbourch 1848/1855
*Hervé Le Berre 1827/1848
*François CreachcadicC 1806/1827
*Yves Le Gougay 1803/1806
*Jean Le Louet 1801/1803
* Le Hénaff 1796/1801
* Le Gougay 1794/1796
*François Ducap 1793/1794
*Yves Le Grand 01-1793/07-1793
*Henry Hémon 01-1792/01-1793
*Jean Pennanech 11-1791/12-1791
International relations
*Twinned with
Ruthin
Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. It is Denbighshire's county town. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and ...
,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
.
Population
Inhabitants of Briec are called in
French ''Briecois''.
Breton language
In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.
[ ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'']
''Enseignement bilingue''
/ref>
See also
*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):[Pierre Charles Lenoir
Pierre Lenoir (23 May 1879, in Paris – 9 September 1953, in Paris) was a French sculptor.
Biography
Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculptors born in the 1880s who studied together at the École r ...]
*Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz Listing may refer to:
* Enumeration of a set of items in the form of a list
* Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882), German mathematician.
* Listing (computer), a computer code listing.
* Listing (finance), the placing of a company's shares on the l ...
References
External links
Official website
*
Mayors of Finistère Association
Communes of Finistère
{{Finistère-geo-stub