The Cap Sizun (; ) is a

headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...

forming the western extremity of the

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) 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 princes from Cornwall ...

, in the French

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

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.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 Duch ...

, corresponding to the former canton of Pont-Croix. The best known sites in this region are the

pointe du Raz The Pointe du Raz is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany, in France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territori ...

, the

pointe du Van The Pointe du Van (, , ) is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany, in France. The local Breton name is ''Beg ar Vann''. It is located in the ''commune'' of Plogoff, Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments ...

, and, between these two points, the

baie des Trépassés Baie des Trépassés (, ), or the Bay of the Dead, is a bay on Cap Sizun on the west coast of Finistère, in Brittany, France. The bay is located between Pointe du Raz and Pointe du Van, on the territory of the commune of Plogoff. The bay ...

. The Cap Sizun reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean, bordered to the north by the

baie de Douarnenez The Baie de Douarnenez (; ) is a bay in Finistère, France, between the Crozon Peninsula to the north and the Cap Sizun to the south. It is a vast semi-circular basin over wide and from its entrance to the opposite shore. Although half closed o ...

, and to the south by the baie d'Audierne. The territory of Cap Sizun is formed by the communes of

Pont-Croix Pont-Croix (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The town lies about from Audierne on the road to Douarnenez and is connected to Plouhinec by a small, scenic road that passes through the Goyen ...

Audierne Audierne (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Esquibien merged into 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 Plogoff (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It contains three small ports suitable for small vessels: Pors-Loubous, Feunten-Aod and Bestrée. Local industries include tourism, traditional biscuit ...

and the Île-de-Sein. This territory is covered by a commonality of communes ( Communauté de communes du Cap-Sizun), which includes all the above communes except île de Sein.

Bibliography

* ''Cap-Sizun - Au pays de la pointe du Raz et de l'île de Sein'', par Serge Duigou et Jean-Michel Le Boulanger, Éditions Palantines, 2005, 239 pages, * ''La Révolution au fond du Cap-Sizun'', de l'Abbé Corentin Parcheminou, paru en 1935, réédité en 2003 par Le Livre d'Histoire-Lorisse, Paris, ; * ''Pilleurs du Cap!'' Le pillage d'épaves dans les paroisses du Cap-Sizun au XVIII° siècle, de Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap Sizun, 2001, ; * ''Le Couvent des Capucins d'Audierne, 1657–1795'', Fondation, vie et disparition d'une institution française, Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap Sizun, * ''Contes du Cap-Sizun'', traduits du Breton par Roger Gargadennec, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve Paris, 1973 * ''Hyacinthe Le Carguet, un passeur de mémoire en Cap-Sizun'', présenté par Paul Cornec, Editions du Cap-Sizun, 9, rue Danton 29770 Audierne, 332 pages,

External links

* http://www.cap-sizun.fr
Official site of the association Bateau Cap Sizun
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