Pouldreuzic (; , ) is a

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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,

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, northwestern

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. The writer

Pêr-Jakez Helias Pêr-Jakez Helias, baptised Pierre-Jacques Hélias, ''nom de plume'' Pierre-Jakez Hélias (1914–1995) was a Breton stage actor, journalist, author, poet, and writer for radio who worked in the French and Breton languages. For many years he di ...

was born and lived here; the "Maison de Pierre-Jakez Hélias" is now a museum: an early 20th-century house illustrating the writer's daily life. Église Saint-Faron, 2015

There are historic churches of St Faron and Lababan and the chapel of Our Lady of Penhors. Also in the commune is the Musée de l'Amiral.

Population

Inhabitants of Pouldreuzic are called in French ''Pouldreuzicois''.

Population

See also