Briec
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Briec Brieg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Briec | |
| Community association | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ′ N , 4 ° 0 ′ W | |
| height | 44–225 m | |
| surface | 67.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,630 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29510 | |
| INSEE code | 29020 | |
| Website | https://www.briec.bzh/ | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Briec , also Briec-de-l'Odet , ( Breton Brieg ) is a French commune with 5630 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Cornouaille in western Brittany on the Odet River . Quimper is 14 kilometers (km) southwest, Brest 46 kilometers northwest and Paris about 470 kilometers east.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3425 | 3436 | 3744 | 4587 | 624 | 4603 | 5174 | 5630 |
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traffic
The municipality has an exit on the E 60 expressway ( Nantes -Brest).
There are regional train stations in Quimper and Châteaulin . Nearby airports are Brest Airport and Lorient Bretagne Sud Airport .
Attractions
- Kerbernez tumulus
- Saint-Pierre church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Briec
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 123-126.
Web links
Commons : Briec - collection of images, videos and audio files
