Le Juch
Le Juch Ar Yeuc'h |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Douarnenez | |
Community association | Douarnenez Communauté | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 4 ° 15 ′ W | |
height | 8–158 m | |
surface | 14.38 km 2 | |
Residents | 713 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 50 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29100 | |
INSEE code | 29087 | |
Mairie Le Juch |
Le Juch ( Breton Ar Yeuc'h ) is a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany with 713 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement Quimper , the canton Douarnenez and the community association Douarnenez Communauté .
geography
The municipality is located in the west of Brittany , a good four kilometers southeast of the Bay of Douarnenez on the Atlantic in the Cornouaille region . Douarnenez is six kilometers northwest, Quimper 13 kilometers southeast, and Brest about 40 kilometers north (distances slightly rounded as the crow flies ).
traffic
The nearest exits on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) are at Quimper and Châteaulin . Quimper station is a TGV Atlantique station and regional station on the TER Bretagne network . The Quimper-Douarnenez railway line, which runs directly past the site and had a train station here, was closed to passenger traffic as early as 1974.
The next regional airports are the Quimper-Cornouaille airport and Brest airport .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
Residents | 757 | 692 | 725 | 751 | 751 | 721 | 749 | 713 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Maudez church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Juch
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 420-422.