Briec

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Commune of Briec / Brieg
Location
Longitude	-4°
Latitude	48.1°
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	[[Arrondissement of Quimper|Quimper]]
Canton	Canton de Briec (chief town)
Intercommunality	Canton de Briec
Mayor	Jean-Paul Le Pann (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	44 m–225 m (avg. 158 m)
Land area¹	67,87 km²
Population² (1999)	4 603
- Density ()	env. 68/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	29020/ 29510
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Briec (formerly Briec-de-l'Odet, in Breton Brieg) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in Brittany, north-west France.

[edit] Churches and chapels

• 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

[edit] List of mayors

• Jean-Paul Le Pann 2001
• 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

[edit] Civic relations

• Twinned with Ruthin, Wales.