Briec Explained

Briec
Native Name:	Brieg
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason_de_la_ville_de_Briec_(Finistère).svg
Coordinates:	48.1028°N -3.9972°W
Insee:	29020
Postal Code:	29510
Arrondissement:	Quimper
Canton:	Briec
Mayor:	Thomas Férec^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Elevation Min M:	44
Elevation Max M:	225
Area Km2:	67.87
Website:	Official website

Briec (in French pronounced as /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

• 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

• 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

Briec is twinned with:

• Ruthin,, United Kingdom.

Population

Inhabitants of Briec are called in French Briecois.

Breton language

In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[2]

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

External links

• Official website
  • Mayors of Finistère Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue