Quel est le nom du département 29 ?
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Quel est le nom du département 29 ?
Finistère Le département du Finistère est divisé en 4 arrondissements, 54 cantons et 282 communes. Son chef-lieu est Quimper.
Quel est le Chef-lieu du département du Finistère ?
Quimper Finistère/Capitales
Quel est le nom du département 56 ?
Le Morbihan (/mɔʁ.bi. (j)ɑ̃/ ; en breton : Mor-Bihan /ˈmoːʁ ˈbi(h)ãn/) est un département français situé en région Bretagne, qui doit son nom au golfe du Morbihan.
Where is the Department of Finistère located?
- The department is the second level of administrative divisions on the map of France. The department of Finistère is located in the region of region of Bretagne . The department of Finistère has the number 29 and is divided into 4 districts , 54 townships and 283 municipalities.
What are the major cities in the Finistère region?
- The largest population centre in Finistère is Brest. Other large towns in the department include Quimper (the capital), Concarneau, Morlaix, Carhaix, Quimperlé and Douarnenez.
What is the Breton name for Finisterre?
- The Breton name for Finistère, Penn ar Bed, translates as "Head/End of the World" and is similar to the Cornish name for Land's End, Pedn-an-Wlas (Head/End of the country), and also Penfro (English: Pembroke) in Wales (pen = end, bro = country). Finistère is not to be confused with Finisterre in Galicia, Spain, which shares the same etymology.
What does Finistre stand for?
- The present department consists of the historical region of Léon and parts of Cornouaille and Trégor, both parts of pre-revolutionary Brittany . The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth. In England, a similar area is called Land's End.
