Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
in north-western
France
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.
Toponymy
From the Breton ''lok'' which means
hermitage
Hermitage, The Hermitage or L'Hermitage may refer to:
* Hermitage (religious retreat), a place of religious seclusion
Places
* The Hermitage Museum (est. 1754), in Saint Petersburg, Russia
* The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee), the estate ...
(cf.:
Locminé
Locminé (; br, Logunec'h) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France.
Toponymy
The name Locminé comes from the Breton ''Loc'h menec'h'', itself from the Latin ''Locus monachorum'' – (sacred) place ...
Inhabitants of Locquirec are called in French ''Locquirécois''.
International relations
Locquirec is twinned with:
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Drumshanbo
Drumshanbo (, ridge of the old huts) is a small town situated in the heart of County Leitrim, Ireland. Drumshanbo is surrounded by a scenic area of soft rolling hills, woodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and Arigna mountains. It is a wel ...
Ireland
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See also
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Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official website