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Coordinates: 47°48′46″N 4°20′12″W / 47.81278°N 4.33667°W / 47.81278; -4.33667

Commune of Penmarch
Penmarc'h
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Lighthouses on the Pointe de Penmarc'h
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 47°48′46″N 4°20′12″W / 47.81278°N 4.33667°W / 47.81278; -4.33667
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Le Guilvinec
Intercommunality Pays Bigouden Sud
Mayor Jacqueline Lazard
(2008—2014)
Statistics
Elevation -1–23 m (−3.3–75 ft)
Land area1 16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population2 5,889  (1999)
 - Density 359 /km2 (930 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 29158/ 29760
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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Penmarc'h or Penmarch (the apostrophe in the name is correct) is a commune in Finistère department in Bretagne in north-western France.

It lies 18 km SW of Quimper by road.

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History

On the extremity of the peninsula on which it is situated are fortified remains of a town which was of considerable importance from the 14th to the 16th centuries and included, besides Penmarc'h, Saint-Guénolé and Kerity. It owed its prosperity to its cod-banks, the disappearance of which together with the discovery of the Newfoundland cod-banks and the pillage of the place by the bandit La Fontenelle in 1595 contributed to its decline.

The church of St. Nouna, a Gothic building of the early 16th century at Penmarc'h, and the church of St. Guénolé, an unfinished tower, and the church of Kerity are of interest. The coast is very dangerous. On the Pointe de Penmarc'h stands the Phare d'Eckmuhl, with a light visible for 60 miles. There are numerous megalithic monuments in the vicinity.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Penmarc'h are called Penmarchais. It has a larger population than Guilvinec.

Miscellaneous

Penmarch is also home to the 'Droguen' rock. 'Dorigen' the female protagonist in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Franklin's Tale has a name similar to this and this may symbolise her obduracy..

See also

References

Further reading

  • Couliou, Jean-René (1997) La Pêche bretonne. 446 p. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes
  • Foyer de l'enseignement (1950) Grandeurs ... au pays de Penmarc'h: terre et mer. 58 p. Les Amitiés de Lorraine et d'Alsace
  • Le Gallo, Yves (ed.) (1991) Le Finistère de la Préhistoire à nos jours. Ed. Bordessoules
  • Quaghebeur, Joëlle (2001) La Cornouaille du IXe au XIIe siècle. Société archéologique du Finistère
  • Dubois, Xavier (2002) « La Crise sardinière et les Mutations de la conserverie », in: Humbert, M., ed. La Bretagne à l'heure de la mondialisation. Rennes: Presses Universitaire de Rennes; pp. 27-33
  • Duigou, Serge, et al. (2003) Histoire du Pays bigouden. Ed. Palantines
  • Dreyer, Francis & Fichou, Jean-Christophe (2005) L'histoire de tous les phares de France. 316 p. Ouest-France ISBN 2-7373-3704-6; pp. 179-182

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