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Concarneau
Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt. The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding, and its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the worst excesses of souvenir shops. Also in the Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour. Events In August the town holds the annual ''Fête des Filets Bleus'' (Festival of the blue nets). The festival, named after the traditional blue nets of Concarneau's fishing fleet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concarneau - Panoramique
Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt. The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding, and its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the worst excesses of souvenir shops. Also in the Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour. Events In August the town holds the annual ''Fête des Filets Bleus'' (Festival of the blue nets). The festival, named after the traditional blue nets of Concarneau's fishing fleet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walled Town Of Concarneau
The Walled town of Concarneau is a walled town The following cities have, or historically had, defensive walls. Africa Algeria * Algiers * Ghardaïa * Timimoun Egypt * Al-Fustat * Cairo * Damietta See List of Egypt castles, forts, fortifications and city walls. Ethiopia * Harar Libya *A ... built in the 15th and 16th century in Concarneau. History Description Museums * (''Museum of Fishing'') Gallery File:Concarneau - la ville close à marée basse.jpg, The medieval walled town (overfly). File:Concarneau overfly.jpg, The medieval walled town and Concarneau (overfly). File:Ville Close de Concarneau (17).jpg, The medieval walled town. File:Ville Close de Concarneau (1.1).jpg, The medieval walled town. File:Ville Close de Concarneau (15).JPG, Inside the city. File:Église Saint-Guénolé de Concarneau (2).jpg, Saint-Guénolé's Church. File:Ville Close de Concarneau (18).jpg, Inside the city. File:Carte de la Ville close.jpg, Map of the city. References Bibliogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Concarneau
US Concarneau (french: Union Sportive Concarnoise) is a French football club based in Concarneau (Finistère). It was founded in 1911. They play at the Stade Guy Piriou, named in honour of the former club president, which has a capacity of 7,000. The colours of the club are red and blue. Since 2017–18 season the club plays in the Championnat National. Honours * Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ... DH championship: 2000 * West DH championship: 1969 Current squad References External links * US Concarneau club profileat foot-national.comUS Concarneau club informationat FFF.fr Association football clubs established in 1911 1911 establishments in France Concarneau Sport in Finistère Football clubs in Brittany {{Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Guillou
Alfred Guillou (12 September 1844, Concarneau - 1926, Concarneau) was a French painter of Breton heritage. Biography His father was a fisherman and farmer who served as mayor of Concarneau for fifteen years.Museum of Pont Aven: Exhibition notes with biography. (Cached) He received his first art lessons from the lithographer Théodore Le Monnier (1815–1888), who was visiting Concarneau. On his advice, Guillou moved to Paris in 1862, where he attended the for a short time, then found a position in the workshop of |
Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, town of Concarneau. It is located in the Finistère departments of France, department, in the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany regions of France, region, northwestern France. Created in 2012, its seat is in Concarneau.CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération (N° SIREN : 242900769) BANATIC. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Its area is 371.3 km2. Its population was 50,975 in 2019, of which 19,816 in Concarneau proper. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théophile Deyrolle
Théophile-Louis Deyrolle (16 December 1844, Paris - 14 December 1923, Concarneau) was a French painter, illustrator and ceramicist. Biography He came from a family of entomologists and naturalists who owned a well-known taxidermy shop in Paris. Achille and Émile Deyrolle were among his relatives. Originally, he studied architecture at the École des Beaux-arts. While working for Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, he met Alfred Guillou who convinced him to give up architecture for painting. He then became a student and assistant in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and William Bouguereau.Museum of Pont Aven: Exhibition notes with biography. (Cached) In 1863, due perhaps to his family's reputation, he was able to trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.Populations légales 2019: 29 Finistère INSEE History  The present department consists of the historical region of Léon and parts of and
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Stéphane Guivarc'h
Stéphane Pierre Yves Guivarc'h (born 6 September 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil. His early career was spent in France with the Breton clubs Stade Brestois and En Avant Guingamp before moving to AJ Auxerre, where he won Ligue 1 in 1996. He returned to Brittany with Stade Rennais with whom he won Ligue 1's Golden Boot. At a second spell at Auxerre he retained the Golden Boot in Ligue 1 and also won the Golden Boot for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup. That summer he started in the World Cup Final. Guivarc'h left France for Newcastle United of the Premier League after the World Cup but left after three months having failed to make an impact at St James' Park. He finished the season at Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League with medals in the league and Scottish League Cup, of which he scored in the final. He then returned to Auxerre before retiring after the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baie De La Forêt
Baie de La Forêt is a small bay on the south coast of Brittany, France. The bay is located between Beg Meil (Fouesnant) and Cabellou ( Concarneau). Gallery File:Baie de La Forêt.jpg, Baie de La Forêt File:Concarneau SPOT 1147.jpg, Baie de La Forêt by SPOT Satellite See also * Concarneau * La Forêt-Fouesnant * Fouesnant __NOTOC__ Fouesnant (; ''Fouenant'' or ''Fouen'' in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Fouesnant is bordered to the south by the Baie de La Forêt. It lies on the south coast of Finistère a ... References Bays of Metropolitan France Landforms of Finistère Landforms of Brittany Concarneau {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain, with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its land area is 34,023 km2 . Brittany is the site of some of the world's oldest standing architecture, home to the Barnenez, the Tumulus Saint-Michel and others, which date to the early 5th millennium BC. Today, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Desjoyeaux
Michel Desjoyeaux (born 16 July 1965 in Concarneau) is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09, making him the only person to win that race more than once. In 2014-15, he was watch captain, on leg 1 on Mapfre in the Volvo Ocean Race. File:TransatJ.Vabre6 11 2005Geant2.jpg, '' Géant'' at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre, 6 November 2005 File:Route-du-Rhum-2010-Foncia-II.jpg, ''Foncia'', IMOCA 60, 24th oct 2010 Race Results Highlights See also * Mini Transat 6.50 * Scow A scow is a smaller type of barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal waters and inland waterways, having an advantage for navigating shallow water or small harbours. S ... References External links * * Official Mer agitée* 1965 births Living people People from Concarneau French male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret And The Yellow Dog
, translator = , image = File:LeChienJaune.jpg , image_caption = First edition , author = Georges Simenon , illustrator = , cover_artist = , country = Belgium , language = French , series = Inspector Jules Maigret , genre = Detective fiction , publisher = Fayard , release_date = 1931 , english_release_date = 1939 , media_type = Print , pages = , isbn = , preceded_by = A Battle of Nerves , followed_by = Maigret at the Crossroads ''Maigret and the Yellow Dog'' (French: ''Le Chien jaune'') is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Overview M. Mostaguen, the wine dealer at Concarneau, is wounded by a gunshot when returning home drunk from the local Admiral Hotel and Maigret, who is organizing the mobile squad in Rennes, is called in by the mayor to solve the crime. Maigret settles down at the hotel and discovers a set of curious characters who include Jean Servières, a retired newspaper man from Paris; Ernest Michoux, a doctor who has never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
