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 of
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 ...
, in north-western
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
''Nevez'' means "new" in
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
**Breton people
**Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Gale ...
. The name is thought to have arisen when
Trégunc
Trégunc (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany, western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Trégunc are called in French ''Trégunois'' or ''Tréguncois''.
Cultural heritage
* Saint-Philibert's chapel (Trégunc): 16th ...
was split in two in 1078, creating a new parish
Population
Inhabitants of Névez are called ''Néveziens''. Névez has become a popular tourist destination in recent years, with the population in summer going 2700 to upwards of 20 000 in summer
Economy
Historically, the inhabitants of Névez have heavily relied on fishing and agriculture. Today, Névez is among the 10 most expensive communes to buy property in Brittany and relies mainly on the tourism industry
Map
Notable people
*Marie Pommepuy (b. 1978), illustrator and half of the joint pen name
Kerascoët
Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975).
A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their ...
, grew up in Névez
*Stéphane Amalir, director of the
Alliance française
(; "French Alliance", stylised as ''af'') is an international organization that aims to promote the French language and francophone culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name ''Alliance française pour la propa ...
in
Delhi, India
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Del ...
.
Gallery
File:Chateau du Hénan.jpg, Hénan Castle
File:Milin-vor Henan 2.JPG,
Tide mill
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir. As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way ga ...
of Hénan
File:Île de Raguénez.JPG, Raguénez island
File:Chaumières de Kerascoët1.JPG,
Thatched
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge ('' Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...
roof cottage in Kerascoët village
File:343 Névez.jpg, Tourist office
File:Kerascoet building 1.jpg, Kerascoët village
File:Kerascoet building 2.jpg, Kerascoët village
File:Kerascoet building 3.jpg, Kerascoët village
File:Kerascoet building 5.jpg, Kerascoët village
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):
*Entry on sculptor of Névez war memorial
Jean Joncourt
Jean Joncourt was a French sculptor born in Irvillac in 1869 and who died in 1937. He is well known for his work on war memorials.
Biography
Jean Joncourt was born in Irvillac on 31 December 1869. There is no record of his having received any ac ...