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Briec

Coordinates: 48°06′10″N 3°59′50″W / 48.1028°N 3.9972°W / 48.1028; -3.9972
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Briec
Brieg
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Town hall
Coat of arms of Briec
Location of Briec
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Briec is located in France
Briec
Briec
Briec is located in Brittany
Briec
Briec
Coordinates: 48°06′10″N 3°59′50″W / 48.1028°N 3.9972°W / 48.1028; -3.9972
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonBriec
IntercommunalityQuimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thomas Férec[1]
Area
1
67.87 km2 (26.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,808
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29020 /29510
Elevation44–225 m (144–738 ft)
WebsiteOfficial 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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Briec is twinned with:

Population

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Inhabitants of Briec are called in French Briecois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,106—    
1800 4,521+1.38%
1806 3,495−4.20%
1821 4,191+1.22%
1831 4,481+0.67%
1836 4,592+0.49%
1841 5,149+2.32%
1846 5,310+0.62%
1851 5,493+0.68%
1856 5,437−0.20%
1861 5,493+0.21%
1866 5,726+0.83%
1872 5,592−0.39%
1876 5,906+1.38%
1881 5,875−0.11%
1886 6,175+1.00%
1891 6,413+0.76%
1896 4,765−5.77%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,067−3.12%
1906 4,403+1.60%
1911 4,436+0.15%
1921 4,367−0.16%
1926 4,199−0.78%
1931 3,935−1.29%
1936 4,072+0.69%
1946 3,848−0.56%
1954 3,647−0.67%
1962 3,425−0.78%
1968 3,436+0.05%
1975 3,744+1.23%
1982 4,587+2.94%
1990 4,546−0.11%
1999 4,603+0.14%
2007 5,174+1.47%
2012 5,497+1.22%
2017 5,630+0.48%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

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In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Briec, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
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