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Briec
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Coat of arms of Briec Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Briec |
| Intercommunality | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thomas Férec[1] |
Area 1 | 67.87 km2 (26.20 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29020 /29510 |
| Elevation | 44–225 m (144–738 ft) |
| Website | Official website |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Briec (French pronunciation: [bʁijɛk], formerly Briec-de-l'Odet; Breton: Brieg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.
Sights
[edit | edit source]- Calvary at Saint-Vennec, (1556)
- Chapelle de la Madeleine, 16th century
- Chapelle de Sainte-Cécile 16th century
- Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Illijour 19th century
- Chapelle Saint-Corentin 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Égarec 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Venec 16th century
- Saint-Pierre parish church, 15th century
List of mayors
[edit | edit source]- Jean-Hubert Pétillon 2014
- Jean-Paul Le Pann 2001/2014
- Joseph Bernard 1989/2001
- François Rolland 1981/1989
- Pierre Stephan 1959/1981
- Yves Le Page 1945/1959
- Jean Pennarun 1941/1945
- Hervé Merour 1929/1941
- Pierre Kerbourc'h 1925/1929
- Jean Pennarun 1919/1925
- Michel Croissant 1908/1919
- Jean Pennarun 1906/1908
- Michel Croissant 1904/1906
- Hervé Le Gac 1882/1904
- Pierre Dandurand 1878/1882
- Jean Bozec 1857/1878
- Jean Rolland 1855/1857
- Jean Kerbourch 1848/1855
- Hervé Le Berre 1827/1848
- François CreachcadicC 1806/1827
- Yves Le Gougay 1803/1806
- Jean Le Louet 1801/1803
- Le Hénaff 1796/1801
- Le Gougay 1794/1796
- François Ducap 1793/1794
- Yves Le Grand 01-1793/07-1793
- Henry Hémon 01-1792/01-1793
- Jean Pennanech 11-1791/12-1791
International relations
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Population
[edit | edit source]Inhabitants of Briec are called in French Briecois.
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Breton language
[edit | edit source]In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Communes of the Finistère department
- The Briec monument aux morts has sculpture by Pierre Charles Lenoir
- Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz
References
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- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Briec, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Briec.
- Official website
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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