The Cap Sizun (; br, Ar C'hab) 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, John ...

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 The Pointe du Van ( br, Beg ar Vann, french: 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 ...

, and, between these two points, the

baie des Trépassés Baie des Trépassés ( br, Bae an Anaon, french: 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 ter ...

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

baie de Douarnenez The Baie de Douarnenez (; br, Bae 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. Alth ...

, 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 Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. The town lies about from Audierne on the road to Douarnenez and is connec ...

, Audierne, Plouhinec, Confort-Meilars, Mahalon,

Esquibien Esquibien (; br, An Eskevien) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Audierne.Beuzec-Cap-Sizun,

Goulien Goulien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Goulien are called in French ''Goulienois''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the ...

, Cléden-Cap-Sizun, Primelin, Plogoff 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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