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Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Populations légales 2019: 29 Finistère INSEE History  The present department consists of the historical region of Viscounty of Léon, Léon and parts of Cornouaille and Trégor, both parts of pre-revolutionary Brittany.
The name ''Finistère'' derives from the Latin ''Finis Terræ'', meaning ''end of the earth.'' In England, a similar area is called Land' ...
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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):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. *Brest Métropole *CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas *CA Morlaix Communauté *Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale *CA Quimperlé Communauté *Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz *CC Douarnenez Communauté *Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille *CC Haut-Léon Communauté *Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden *CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes *CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté *Communauté de co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany (administrative Region)
The region Brittany ( ; ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is an administrative region of Metropolitan France, comprising the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Morbihan. Its capital and largest city is Rennes. Bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) to the south, Brittany's neighboring regions are Normandy to the northeast and Pays de la Loire to the southeast. It is one of two regions in Metropolitan France where all departments have direct access to the sea, the other being Corsica. The region of Brittany is sometimes referred to as “administrative Brittany” in contrast to “historical Brittany” or “cultural Brittany”, which also includes the Loire-Atlantique and the question of its connection with the rest of the administrative region is being discussed. History Brittany, located in the west-northwest corner of France, is one of the historic province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morlaix
Morlaix (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. History The Battle of Morlaix, part of the Hundred Years' War, was fought near the town on 30 September 1342 between the English under William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and the French under Charles, Duke of Brittany. The result was an English victory and has been viewed by historians as presaging the battle tactics of the Battle of Crécy four years later. Leisure and tourism The old quarter of the town has winding streets of cobbled stones and overhanging houses constructed of stone and timber. Many have religious and secular sculptures on their façades. One of these houses is "la Maison dite de la duchesse Anne", or the "so-called Duchess Anne’s house", which is now a museum, open to the public. This house is said to be one of the oldest in the town. Local legend has it that it derives its name from the fact that the Duchesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maël De Calan
Maël de La Lande de Calan (; born 30 April 1980) is a French politician who has served as President of the Departmental Council of Finistère since 2021. He has been a departmental councillor for the canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon since 2015, as well as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since 2014. De Calan ran in the 2017 The Republicans leadership election, placing third. Early life and career De Calan was born in Marseille in 1980, and joined the Rally for the Republic at the age of 18. While studying at Sciences Po in 2002, he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch, and the first leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch. He later studied at HEC Paris, where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch. He was a co-leader of the ''La Boîte à idées'' motion at the 2012 party congress, and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013. He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014, and was elected member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châteaulin
Châteaulin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Châteaulin is in a valley towards the center of Finistère on the River Aulne and the Canal de Nantes à Brest, mid-way between Quimper to the south and Brest to the north. To the west the Menez-Hom hills separate it from the Crozon peninsula and the Bay of Douarnenez, which opens into the Atlantic Ocean. Population In French the inhabitants of Châteaulin are known as ''Châteaulinois''. Breton language In 2008 1.96% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> Economy Châteaulin's economy is based on food processing (salmon and poultry) and, to an ever-greater extent, tourism. The Gendarmerie school on the outskirts of the town provides for a large number of families and the many recruits passing through the school provide the econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of The Finistère Department
The 4 arrondissements of the Finistère department are: # Arrondissement of Brest, (subprefecture: Brest) with 77 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 381,226 in 2021. # Arrondissement of Châteaulin, (subprefecture: Châteaulin) with 57 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 81,081 in 2021. # Arrondissement of Morlaix, (subprefecture: Morlaix) with 59 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 129,938 in 2021. # Arrondissement of Quimper, (prefecture of the Finistère department: Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the ...) with 84 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 329,393 in 2021. History In 1800 the arrondissements of Quimper, Brest, Châteaulin, Morlaix and Quimperlé were established. The arrondis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper
Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The city of Quimper was built at the confluence of the Steir, Odet and Jet rivers. Route nationale 165, Routes Nationale 165, D785, D765 and D783 were designed to intersect here, northwest of Lorient, west of Rennes, and west-southwest of Paris. Climate Quimper has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''), with an average annual temperature of . The temperatures are highest, on average, in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Quimper was on 30 June 1976; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 January 1987. The average annual rainfall is , with December being the wettest month. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper, Finistère
Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The city of Quimper was built at the confluence of the Steir, Odet and Jet rivers. Routes Nationale 165, D785, D765 and D783 were designed to intersect here, northwest of Lorient, west of Rennes, and west-southwest of Paris. Climate Quimper has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''), with an average annual temperature of . The temperatures are highest, on average, in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Quimper was on 30 June 1976; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 January 1987. The average annual rainfall is , with December being the wettest month. Etymology The name ''Quimper'' comes from the Breton ''kemper'', meaning "confluent", a reference to the meeting of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 139,456 inhabitants (2020), Brest forms Lower Brittany, Western Brittany's largest functional area (France), metropolitan area (with a population of 370,000 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 25th most populous city in France (2019); moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''Prefectures in France, préfecture'' (administrative seat) of the department is in the much smaller town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of The Finistère Department
The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Finistère department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Brest-1 * Brest-2 * Brest-3 * Brest-4 * Brest-5 * Briec * Carhaix-Plouguer * Concarneau * Crozon * Douarnenez * Fouesnant * Guipavas * Landerneau * Landivisiau * Lesneven * Moëlan-sur-Mer * Morlaix * Plabennec * Plonéour-Lanvern * Plouigneau * Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch * Pont-l'Abbé * Quimper-1 * Quimper-2 * Quimperlé Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France. Geography Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ... * Saint-Pol-de-Léon * Saint-Renan References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantons of the Finistere department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
