Briec (, formerly ''Briec-de-l'Odet''; ) is a commune in the
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.department in the
region
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of
Brittany
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in north-western
France
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.
Sights
* Calvary at Saint-Vennec, (1556)
*Chapelle de la Madeleine, 16th century
*Chapelle de Sainte-Cécile 16th century
*Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Illijour 19th century
*Chapelle Saint-Corentin 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Égarec 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th century
*Chapelle Saint-Venec 16th century
*Saint-Pierre parish church, 15th century
List of mayors
*Jean-Hubert Pétillon 2014
*Jean-Paul Le Pann 2001/2014
*Joseph Bernard 1989/2001
*François Rolland 1981/1989
*Pierre Stephan 1959/1981
*Yves Le Page 1945/1959
*Jean Pennarun 1941/1945
*Hervé Merour 1929/1941
*Pierre Kerbourc'h 1925/1929
*Jean Pennarun 1919/1925
*Michel Croissant 1908/1919
*Jean Pennarun 1906/1908
*Michel Croissant 1904/1906
*Hervé Le Gac 1882/1904
*Pierre Dandurand 1878/1882
*Jean Bozec 1857/1878
*Jean Rolland 1855/1857
*Jean Kerbourch 1848/1855
*Hervé Le Berre 1827/1848
*François CreachcadicC 1806/1827
*Yves Le Gougay 1803/1806
*Jean Le Louet 1801/1803
* Le Hénaff 1796/1801
* Le Gougay 1794/1796
*François Ducap 1793/1794
*Yves Le Grand 01-1793/07-1793
*Henry Hémon 01-1792/01-1793
*Jean Pennanech 11-1791/12-1791
International relations
Briec is twinned with:
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Ruthin
Ruthin ( ; ) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh ''rhud ...
, , .
Population
Inhabitants of Briec are called in French ''Briecois''.
Breton language
In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'' ''Enseignement bilingue'' /ref>
See also
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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):