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
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in north-western
France
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.
Geography
Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to
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 ...
. It is bounded on the west and north by the river the Aulne and Hyères describing large meanders (Nantes-Brest Canal-channel) while at the southeast end of its territory lies Roc'h Toullaëron, which from its height of 318 m is the culmination of the Black Mountains. The village occupies a small hill whose altitude is around 100 meters northwest of the town. Spézet is border by Saint-Hernin to the east, by Gourin to the southeast, by
Roudouallec
Roudouallec (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French language, French ''Roudoual ...
Plonévez-du-Faou
Plonévez-du-Faou () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography Climate
Plonévez-du-Faou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Plonéve ...
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Landeleau
Landeleau (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Landeleau are called in French language, French ...
oceanic climate
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Spézet is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Spézet was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 February 1997.
History
During the Revolt of the Bonnets Rouges ("Red Caps") in 1675, the parishioners involved in the ransacking of the Kergoet castle in Saint-Hernin, owned by the Marquis Le Moyne de Trevigny. The parish is to pay 5000 livres as damages and repairs to the said Marquis for the injury. Four residents of the parish were excluded from the amnesty of 1676.
In 1770, according to Jean-Baptiste Ogée, the parish lands were uncultivated in many parts, especially in the mountains where the soil, poor quality, did not allow residents to take advantage of it. The land was actually good in the north of the parish.
In September and October 1779, an outbreak of dysentery caused about 150 victims in Spézet. Bodies had to be buried without entering the church for fear of contagion, under penalty of a fine of 20 livres.
June 24, 1944, ten resistants arrested in Spézet were shot in Lanvénégen after being sentenced to death by the German military court sitting in Le Faouët.
Population
Inhabitants of Spézet are called in French ''Spézetois''.
Sights and monuments
* Jardin botanique des Montagnes Noires
* Manoir de Menez Kamm (where lived the adventurer and reporter, the Countess Vefa de Saint-Pierre);
* Manoir du Bois Garin;
* Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, consacrée en 17198 et son ossuaire;
* Chapelle du Krann (vitraux du XVIe siècle et bas-reliefs) et son ossuaire;
* Panorama du roc de Toull al Laëron;
* Éperon rocheux de Kudel;
* Alignement des menhirs du "Bois du Duc";
* Allée couverte de Kerbasquet
Roundwood
Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar ( , meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Roundwood had a population of 907 people.
Geography
Roundwood is located where the R755 road joins the ...
, in
County Wicklow
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Ireland
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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):