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
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.
Geography
Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to
Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...
. It is bounded on the west and north by the river the Aulne and Hyères describing large meanders (Nantes-Brest Canal-channel) while at the southeast end of its territory lies Roc'h Toullaëron, which from its height of 318 m is the culmination of the Black Mountains. The village occupies a small hill whose altitude is around 100 meters northwest of the town. Spézet is border by Saint-Hernin to the east, by Gourin to the southeast, by
Roudouallec
Roudouallec (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French ''Roudouallecois''.
Geography
Roudouallec is located northeast of Quimper and northwest of Vanne ...
to the south, by
Saint-Goazec
Saint-Goazec (; br, Sant-Wazeg) in commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Goazec are called in French ''Saint-Goaziens''. The commune's population peaks in 1906.
Geography
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to the southwest, by
Châteauneuf-du-Faou
Châteauneuf-du-Faou () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Châteauneuf-du-Faou is located in the middle of Brittany, between Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noire. The town is built on a hill ...
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Spézet is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Spézet was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 February 1997.
History
During the Revolt of the Bonnets Rouges ("Red Caps") in 1675, the parishioners involved in the ransacking of the Kergoet castle in Saint-Hernin, owned by the Marquis Le Moyne de Trevigny. The parish is to pay 5000 livres as damages and repairs to the said Marquis for the injury. Four residents of the parish were excluded from the amnesty of 1676.
In 1770, according to Jean-Baptiste Ogée, the parish lands were uncultivated in many parts, especially in the mountains where the soil, poor quality, did not allow residents to take advantage of it. The land was actually good in the north of the parish.
In September and October 1779, an outbreak of dysentery caused about 150 victims in Spézet. Bodies had to be buried without entering the church for fear of contagion, under penalty of a fine of 20 livres.
June 24, 1944, ten resistants arrested in Spézet were shot in Lanvénégen after being sentenced to death by the German military court sitting in Le Faouët.
Population
Inhabitants of Spézet are called in French ''Spézetois''.
Sights and monuments
* Jardin botanique des Montagnes Noires
* Manoir de Menez Kamm (where lived the adventurer and reporter, the Countess Vefa de Saint-Pierre) ;
* Manoir du Bois Garin ;
* Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, consacrée en 17198 et son ossuaire ;
* Chapelle du Krann (vitraux du XVIe siècle et bas-reliefs) et son ossuaire ;
* Panorama du roc de Toull al Laëron ;
* Éperon rocheux de Kudel ;
* Alignement des menhirs du "Bois du Duc" ;
* Allée couverte de Kerbasquet
Roundwood
Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar ( ga, an Tóchar , meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was listed as having a population of 948 in the 2016 census.
Geography
Roundwood is located where the R755 roa ...
Ireland
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