Briec

Briec Brieg
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Briec
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Coordinates: 48°06′10″N 3°59′50″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Briec
Intercommunality	Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thomas Férec[1]
Area ^1	67.87 km^2 (26.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,808
• Density	86/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29020 /29510
Elevation	44–225 m (144–738 ft)
Website	Official website
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briec (French pronunciation: [bʁijɛk], formerly Briec-de-l'Odet; Breton: Brieg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.

Sights

• Calvary at Saint-Vennec, (1556)
• Chapelle de la Madeleine, 16th century
• Chapelle de Sainte-Cécile 16th century
• Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Illijour 19th century
• Chapelle Saint-Corentin 16th century
• Chapelle Saint-Égarec 16th century
• Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th century
• Chapelle Saint-Venec 16th century
• Saint-Pierre parish church, 15th century

List of mayors

• Jean-Hubert Pétillon 2014
• Jean-Paul Le Pann 2001/2014
• Joseph Bernard 1989/2001
• François Rolland 1981/1989
• Pierre Stephan 1959/1981
• Yves Le Page 1945/1959
• Jean Pennarun 1941/1945
• Hervé Merour 1929/1941
• Pierre Kerbourc'h 1925/1929
• Jean Pennarun 1919/1925
• Michel Croissant 1908/1919
• Jean Pennarun 1906/1908
• Michel Croissant 1904/1906
• Hervé Le Gac 1882/1904
• Pierre Dandurand 1878/1882
• Jean Bozec 1857/1878
• Jean Rolland 1855/1857
• Jean Kerbourch 1848/1855
• Hervé Le Berre 1827/1848
• François CreachcadicC 1806/1827
• Yves Le Gougay 1803/1806
• Jean Le Louet 1801/1803
• Le Hénaff 1796/1801
• Le Gougay 1794/1796
• François Ducap 1793/1794
• Yves Le Grand 01-1793/07-1793
• Henry Hémon 01-1792/01-1793
• Jean Pennanech 11-1791/12-1791

International relations

Briec is twinned with:

• Ruthin,  Wales,  United Kingdom.

Population

Inhabitants of Briec are called in French Briecois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,106 —     1800 4,521 +1.38% 1806 3,495 −4.20% 1821 4,191 +1.22% 1831 4,481 +0.67% 1836 4,592 +0.49% 1841 5,149 +2.32% 1846 5,310 +0.62% 1851 5,493 +0.68% 1856 5,437 −0.20% 1861 5,493 +0.21% 1866 5,726 +0.83% 1872 5,592 −0.39% 1876 5,906 +1.38% 1881 5,875 −0.11% 1886 6,175 +1.00% 1891 6,413 +0.76% 1896 4,765 −5.77%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,067 −3.12% 1906 4,403 +1.60% 1911 4,436 +0.15% 1921 4,367 −0.16% 1926 4,199 −0.78% 1931 3,935 −1.29% 1936 4,072 +0.69% 1946 3,848 −0.56% 1954 3,647 −0.67% 1962 3,425 −0.78% 1968 3,436 +0.05% 1975 3,744 +1.23% 1982 4,587 +2.94% 1990 4,546 −0.11% 1999 4,603 +0.14% 2007 5,174 +1.47% 2012 5,497 +1.22% 2017 5,630 +0.48%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

In 2008, 7.77% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[5]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• The Briec monument aux morts has sculpture by Pierre Charles Lenoir
• Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Briec, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

• Official website
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)