Arzano (; br, An Arzhanaou) is a
commune
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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 in
Brittany
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in northwestern
France
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. It lies on the D22 road.
Population
Inhabitants of Arzano are called ''Arzanois''.
Geography
The village centre is located northeast of
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 belo ...
. Arzano belongs historically to
Vannetais. The river
Ellé
The Ellé (; br, Ele) is a river in the region of Brittany, western France. Its source is south of the town Rostrenen, in the south-west of the department Côtes-d'Armor. The Ellé flows southwest through the following ''départements'' and town ...
forms the commune's western border and the river
Scorff
The Scorff (; br, Skorf) River flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast in Lorient.
The Scorff rises north of Langoëlan, in the Morbihan department, and flows through the towns of Guémené-sur-Scorff and ...
forms the commune's eastern border.
Map
Sights
The commune contains the ruins of the
Château de La Roche-Moysan,
Château de Kerlarec (19th century)
www.chateau-de-kerlarec.com
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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):[Henri Gouzien
Henri Gouzien was born in 1889 in Lorient in Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the e ...]
, sculptor of Arzano War Memorial
References
External links
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Mayors of Finistère Association
Communes of Finistère
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