Quimper

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Quimper
Kemper
Quimper coat of arms
Quimper (France)
Quimper
region Brittany
Department Finistère ( prefecture )
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Quimper-1 , Quimper-2
Community association Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Coordinates 48 ° 0 ′  N , 4 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′  N , 4 ° 6 ′  W
height −5–151 m
surface 84.45 km 2
Residents 62,985 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 746 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29000
INSEE code 29232
Website http://www.quimper.bzh

Quimper - Bridge over the Odet

Quimper , in Breton Kemper , is a city in Brittany . It is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department . The city has 62,985 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), the French quimpérois and bret. be called kemperiz .

The name "Quimper" comes from the Breton kemper and means confluence , as the city was built at the confluence of the Jet , Steïr and Odet . The capital of Cornouaille was once called Quimper-Corentin (Bret. Kemper-Kaorentin ), named after Saint Corentin , the city's first bishop. During the French Revolution , the city was renamed Montagne-sur-Odet and is now simply called Quimper.

Quimper is famous for its porcelain manufacture. For four centuries here in the faience workshops, the faience has been shaped and decorated entirely by hand according to old tradition. The German twin city has been Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1971 .

coat of arms

Blazon : Under an ermine shield head in blue a silver, gold armored, striding ram .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 45,989 52,496 55,977 56,907 59,437 63,238 64.902 62,985
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Quimper

Dominating everything and visible from afar, the neo-Gothic pointed towers of the “ Cathédrale Saint Corentin ” tower over the city of Quimper. Construction began as early as 1240, but could only be completed in 1856 when the steeples were erected. The peculiarity of this church is the choir inclined to the left. One wanted to avoid a burial chapel, which should not be demolished during the construction, but there is no clear explanation for the "crooked choir". The bend in the building axis can also be an (intended) bend in the axis . The Benedictine priory church of Notre-Dame from the 11th century is located in the Locmaria district .

  • Cathédrale St. Corentin

  • Old town of Quimper

  • Cathédrale St. Corentin 2010

  • Notre-Dame church

traffic

Rue Kéréon in the center of Quimper with a view of St. Corentin's Cathedral

The Quimper-Cornouaille Airport is located eight kilometers west of Quimper. Quimper station on the Savenay – Landerneau line is the terminus for TGV trains from Paris.

Sports

The city's best-known sports club is Quimper Kerfeunteun FC , known for over 100 years as Stade Quimpérois , whose men's soccer team played in the second-highest league for almost two decades . The women's team even belonged to the highest class for a short time .

Culture

Quimper has several theaters / playhouses.

The Festival de Cornouaille takes place annually in the city center in late July , a multi-day music and dance festival that has been there with interruptions since 1923. Quimper is also home to the most successful Breton Bagad , the Bagad Kemper .

Twin cities

Personalities

Saints and patron saints of the city

Many stories are told by St. Corentinus, patron saint of the city. The famous fish meal of Corentinus, symbol of the inexhaustible, nourishing sea, is particularly whimsical: every day a fish swam to him, of which the undemanding saint ate so much until he was full. He threw the gnawed residue back into the water, and the next day the fish was whole again and was ready for consumption again.

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1281-1327.

Web links

Commons : Quimper  - collection of images, videos and audio files