Pays Bigouden
Bigouden (Breton language, Breton: ''Bro-Vigoudenn''; French language, 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, Finistère, 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. The Bigouden is currently divided into two communities of commune (administrative division), commun ...
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Pays Bigouden Traditional District Flag
In France, a ''pays'' () is an area whose inhabitants share common geographical, economic, cultural, or social interests, who have a right to enter into communal planning contracts under a law known as the Loi Pasqua or LOADT (''Loi d'Orientation pour l'Aménagement et le Développement du Territoire''; ), which took effect on February 4, 1995. It was augmented on June 25, 1999, by the Loi Voynet or LOADDT (''Loi d'Orientation de l'Aménagement Durable du Territoire''). The LOADDT enables the citizens of a community to form a legally recognized ''pays'' after deciding to do so by mutual consent; its aim is to help bring the inhabitants of urban and neighboring rural districts into dialogue and agreement. The Council of Development in each ''pays'' assembles together the elected officials and the economic, social, and cultural actors, and their associates, into a deliberative forum to discuss the development policies which should be followed by the community. While the Council c ...
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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):

Cap Sizun
The Cap Sizun (; ) is a headland forming the western extremity of the Cornouaille, in the French département of Finistère in Brittany, corresponding to the former canton of Pont-Croix. The best known sites in this region are the pointe du Raz, the pointe du Van, and, between these two points, the baie des Trépassés. The Cap Sizun reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean, bordered to the north by the baie de Douarnenez, and to the south by the baie d'Audierne. The territory of Cap Sizun is formed by the communes of Pont-Croix, Audierne, Plouhinec, Confort-Meilars, Mahalon, Esquibien, Beuzec-Cap-Sizun, Goulien, Cléden-Cap-Sizun Cléden-Cap-Sizun (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France, lying on the promontory of Cap Sizun. Population Inhabitants of Cléden-Cap-Sizun are called in French ''Clédinois''. International relat ..., Primelin, Plogoff and the Île-de-Sein. This territory is covered by a commonality of c ...
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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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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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FIL 2009 - Coiffes Bretonnes - Bigoudènes - Cercle Ar Vro Vigoudenn
FIL or Fil may refer to: People * Father-in-law * Fil Barlow (born 1963), Australian cartoonist * Fil Bo Riva (born 1993), Italian singer * Fil Delacruz (born 1950), Filipino artist * Fil Fraser (1932–2017), Canadian broadcaster, filmmaker, civil servant and educator * Fil Hearn (born 1938), American architectural and art historian * Joseph Fil (born 1953), American army general * Svitlana Fil (born 1969), Soviet rower * Zbigniew Fil (born 1977), Polish musician Sport * Federation of International Lacrosse * Florida Instructional League, an American baseball league * Florida International League, a defunct American baseball league * International Luge Federation Other uses * Al-Fil, the 105th sura of the Qur'an * Fidelity International Limited, an American investment management company * FIL file (other) * Filipino language * Filmjölk, a Swedish fermented milk product ** Viili, a variant * Firestone Indy Lights, an American developmental automobile racing ...
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Tréogat
Tréogat (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Departmental Route 2 road connects Tréogat with Plonéour-Lanvern and Pont-l'Abbé to the south west, and Pouldreuzic and Plozévet to the north west. The commune reaches the Atlantic coast at the Plage De Treogat in the Bay of Audierne. In addition to the main village of Tréogat, the commune consists of a number of hamlets. Forming part of the boundary between Tréogat and the commune of Tréguennec is the Étang de Trunvel or Trunvel pond or lake; a coastal marsh covering and listed as a type 1 Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF). The pond is a migratory destination for the aquatic warbler and provides nesting habitats for the Savi's warbler, sedge warbler, turdoid or great reed warbler, bearded reedling, bluethroat, northern wheatear and corn bunting. The marsh pea has found a home here after a hundred year absence and ther ...
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Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzic (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department, Brittany, northwestern France. The writer Pêr-Jakez Helias 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. 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''. 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):

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):

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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