Le Conquet

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Commune of Le Conquet
Location
Longitude -4.770556
Latitude 48.358612
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Saint-Renan
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise
Mayor Gilbert Manac'h
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 0 m–51 m
(avg. 40 m)
Land area¹ 8,45 km²
Population²
(1999)
2 408
 - Density () env. 285/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 29040/ 29217
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).
France
The port of Le Conquet with bridge
The port of Le Conquet with bridge

Le Conquet (Konk-Leon in Breton) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in the région of Bretagne, France.

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[edit] Geography

Le Conquet is a fishing port in the north-west of Brittany. It has a ferry service to the islands of Ouessant and Molène.

[edit] Demographics

Population growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
1891 1811 1881 2011 2149 2408
Not counting those already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel).

[edit] Monuments

The tomb of Jean-François Le Gonidec

Chapel dedicated to Michel Le Nobletz

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External links

[edit] Reference

Translated from French Wiktionary