Le Juch

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Le Juch
Ar Yeuc'h
Coat of arms of Le Juch
Le Juch (France)
Le Juch
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Douarnenez
Community association Douarnenez Communauté
Coordinates 48 ° 4 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  W 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

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
  • 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.

Web links

Commons : Le Juch  - collection of images, videos and audio files