Bigouden
Bigouden ( Breton: ''Bro-Vigoudenn''; French: ''Pays Bigouden''), historically known as Cap Caval, is, along the Bay of Audierne, the most south-western area of ''Bro Kernev'' in Brittany, south-west of Quimper, defined since 1790 in the French department of Finistère. The designation was an informal label taken from the name of the distinctive headdress traditionally worn by the local women. ''Gallica''''Brittany & Its Byways p. 258''/ref> By the end of the 19th century, the name then slipped to designate the women of the area, then to describe all its inhabitants. It has since been formalised within the administration and promotion of the region. Geography This traditional area constitutes since the French revolution a grouping of three cantons: Guilvinec, Pont-l'Abbé and Plogastel-Saint-Germain. Its capital is Pont-l'Abbé Pont-l'Abbé (; , "Abbot's bridge") is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrativ ...
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Pont-l'Abbé
Pont-l'Abbé (; , "Abbot's bridge") is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. The self-styled capital of Pays Bigouden (roughly the region between the river Odet and the Bay of Audierne), Pont-l'Abbé was founded in the 14th century by a monk of Loctudy who built the first bridge across the river estuary, hence the name. The same monk also built the first castle. Geography Climate Pont-l'Abbé has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Pont-l'Abbé is . The average annual rainfall is with November 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 Pont-l'Abbé was on 16 July 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 1997. Population Inhabitants of Pont-l'Abbé are called in French ...
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Plonéour-Lanvern
Plonéour-Lanvern (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Toponymy and originate The name Plonéour means in Breton Saint Enéour's plou (parish), to which was added the name of Lanvern (which comes from the Breton lan (hermitage) and of the name Wern or Guern which means swamp of alders) when this former(old) parish was connected with the municipality recently created by Plonéour in 1793. The legend says that the menhir which raises itself (draws up itself) on the central place(square) of Plonéour-Lanvern would be the mast of the boat which would have brought saint Enéour of Great Britain in Cornouaille. The Breton name of the municipality is Ploneour-Lanwern. Geography The River of Pont-l'abbé and the stretch of water of the New Mill The River of Pont-l'abbot rises near Kerfioret, in the municipal limit between Landudec and Plogastel-Saint-Germain, in passer-by in the West-southwest of the village of this last municipalit ...
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Plozévet
Plozévet () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plozévet is twinned with the village of Hartland, Devon, UK. Population Inhabitants of Plozévet are called in French ''Plozévetiens''. Geography Plozevet is a seaside town located west of Quimper. Historically it belongs to Cornouaille and Pays Bigouden. Map Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 23 November 2007. In 2008, 17.70% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Plogastel-Saint-Germain
Plogastel-Saint-Germain (; ) is a commune in the department of Finistère, in the Brittany region, 15 km west of Quimper. Belonging to Pays Bigouden, within the former political and religious region of Cornouaille, its territory of 31 km2 has a resolutely rural character. There is still a large majority of cultivated land and agricultural areas (80% of its area), not to mention forests (10%) and meadows (8%).The municipalities (or old municipalities, urban areas) bordering Ploegastel-Saint-Germain include: Gourlizon, Landudec, Peumerit，Plonéour-Lanvern, Plovan, Pluguffan,Plozévet. Population Inhabitants of Plogastel-Saint-Germain are called in French ''Plogastellois''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Plomeur
Plomeur (; ) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plomeur is situated between the larger communes of Penmarc'h to the South-West, Guilvinec and Treffiagat to the South, as well as Pont-l'Abbé to the East. The beaches on the Baie d'Audierne are shared with the community of Tréguennec to the north and Pors-Carn (part of the commune of Penmarc'h) to the south. The beach is divided by the Pointe de la Torche, a promontory and rocky granite outcropping as well as a prehistoric settlement and burial site registered as a historic monument. Population Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French ''Plomeurois''. Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 28 April 2006. In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue'' See also *Communes of the Finistère department T ...
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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 directed a weekly radio programme in the Breton language and co-founded an Eisteddfod-inspired summer festival at Quimper which became the Festival de Cornouaille. Life and work Helias was born in 1914 in Pouldreuzig, Penn-ar-Bed, Brittany. His father, Pierre-Alain Hélias, was a native of the nearby village of Plozévet. Helias' mother, Marie-Jeanne Le Goff, had grown up in Pouldreuzic, to which her husband moved after their wedding in 1913. Hélias' paternal grandfather, Yann Helias, was a tenant farmer, sabot-maker, and storyteller known in Plozévet as ''Yann ar Burzudou'' ("Yann the Wonder-Man"). Pierre-Alain Hélias had previously served at Vannes in an artillery unit of the French Army and, upon the outbreak of World War I i ...
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Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duchy of Brittany, duchy before being Union of Brittany and France, united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a provinces of France, province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany is the traditional homeland of the Breton people and is one of the six Celtic nations, retaining Culture of Brittany, a distinct cultural identity that reflects History of Brittany, its history. 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  ...
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Penmarc'h
Penmarch (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.Commune de Penmarch (29158)
INSEE It lies 18 km south-west of Quimper, Finistère, Quimper by road.

Geography

Penmarch is the southwest-most township of Pays Bigouden, at the southern end of the Bay of Audierne. It is part of the canton of Pont-l'Abbé, and of the arrondissement of Quimper. The territory of the town (16.39 km²) is particularly flat; its altitude ranges from -1 to 23 m amsl. There are many marshy lagoons, some of which have been drained and filled, especially in St. Guénolé to save space or habitat for the installation of local handicrafts. ...
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René Quillivic
René Quillivic (1879–1969) was a French sculptor whose art expressed Breton cultural identity. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Life René Quillivic was born on 13 May 1879 in the town of Plouhinec, Finistère, in a small house bordering one side of what is currently known as the "Place Jean Cosquer". He came from a family of fishermen, but was apprenticed to a carpenter. He decided to pursue an artistic career as a sculptor and was accepted by the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in nor ... in Paris, where he joined the workshop of Antonin Mercier. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1907, he won the Gold Medal at the S ...
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Saint-Jean-Trolimon
Saint-Jean-Trolimon (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Jean-Trolimon are called in French ''Trolimonais''. Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 17 September 2004. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Plovan
Plovan (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Plovan are called in French ''Plovanais''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Peumerit
Peumerit (; ), formerly Peumérit, is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Peumerit are called ''Peumeritois'' in French. History Modern period This municipality is known for events related to the revolt of the "bonnets rouges," translated as the red caps, in 1675. In 1759, an order from Louis XV required the parish of Peumerit to provide 20 men and pay 131 livres for "the annual expense of the coastguard of Brittany." French Revolution The parish of Peumerit, which included 140 households, elected two delegates, Alain Le Brun and Pierre Canevet, to represent it at the Third Estate assembly of the seneschal of Quimper in the spring of 1789. The 20th Century The expulsion of the clergy from the Peumerit Parish on 11 March 1909 led M. Duparc to ban all religious bell ringing, including for the ''Angélus'' and funerals. A priest stationed at the presbytery of Treogat was assigned the responsibility of visit ...
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