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.
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 ...
in north-western
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
''Nevez'' means "new" in Breton. The name is thought to have arisen when Trégunc was split in two, creating a new parish.
Population
Inhabitants of Névez are called in French ''Névéziens''.
Map
Notable people
*Marie Pommepuy (b. 1978), illustrator and half of the joint pen name Kerascoët, grew up in Névez
Gallery
File:Chateau du Hénan.jpg, Hénan Castle
File:Milin-vor Henan 2.JPG,
Tide mill
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir. As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way ga ...
of Hénan
File:Île de Raguénez.JPG, Raguénez island
File:Chaumières de Kerascoët1.JPG,
Thatched
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...
roof cottage in Kerascoët village
File:343 Névez.jpg, Tourist office
See also
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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):Jean Joncourt