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Website. leconquet.bzh. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Le Conquet (French pronunciation: [lə kɔ̃kɛ]; Breton: Konk-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. This is the westernmost town of mainland France.
Saint-Malo is the setting of Marie de France 's poem " Laüstic," a 12th-century love story. The city had a tradition of asserting its autonomy in dealings with the French authorities and even with the local Breton authorities.
Brittany is, however, the leading region in France for the sale of pleasure boats, and sales of motorhomes are higher. [ 63 ] In 2015, tourism generated some 66,000 direct jobs, [ 56 ] with strong seasonal variations, ranging from 31,300 jobs in January to 68,500 in August.
Lens. Fresnel. Range. 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) Characteristic. 3 Fl R 15s. 1990 electrification. La Jument ("the mare") is a lighthouse in Brittany, Northwestern France. [1] The lighthouse is built on a rock (that is also called La Jument) about 300 metres from the coast of the island of Ushant.
Douarnenez (Breton pronunciation: [duarˈnẽːnɛs], French: [dwaʁnəne]; meaning douar (land) an enez (the island) or land of the island), is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, northwestern France. It is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid River, an estuary on the southern shore of Douarnenez Bay in the ...
The Côte de granite rose or Pink Granite Coast is a stretch of coastline in the Côtes d'Armor departement of northern Brittany, France. It stretches for more than thirty kilometres from Plestin-les-Grèves to Louannec, encompassing Trégastel. It has become a popular tourist destination due to its unusual pink sands and rock formations.
Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Iroise Sea. Iroise (/ ɪˈrwɑːz /) or the Iroise Sea (French: mer d'Iroise [iʁwɑz]; Breton: An Hirwazh) [1] is the part of the Atlantic Ocean which stretches from the Ile de Sein to Ushant off the coast of Brittany in north-western France. It is contained within the Celtic Sea, bordering the remainder of the Celtic Sea to the north and west ...