Briec
Briec Brieg | ||
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Commune | ||
Town hall | ||
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Briec Location within Brittany region Briec | ||
Coordinates: 48°06′10″N 3°59′50″W / 48.1028°N 3.9972°WCoordinates: 48°06′10″N 3°59′50″W / 48.1028°N 3.9972°W | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Briec | |
Intercommunality | Pays Glazik | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Hubert Pétillon | |
Area1 | 67.87 km2 (26.20 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 5,244 | |
• Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Briec (formerly Briec-de-l'Odet), (Breton: Brieg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.
Sights
- Saint-Pierre parish church, 15th century
- Chapelle de la Madeleine, 16th century
- Chapelle de Sainte-Cécile 16th century
- Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Illijour 19th century
- Chapelle Saint-Venec 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Égarec 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th century
- Chapelle Saint-Corentin 16th century
List of mayors
- 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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See also
- 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
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French);
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Briec. |
- French Ministry of Culture list for Briec (in French)