Finistère
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| Department | |||
Prefecture building of the Finistère department, in Quimper
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 Location of Finistère in France |
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| Coordinates: 48°15′N 04°00′W / 48.250°N 4.000°WCoordinates: 48°15′N 04°00′W / 48.250°N 4.000°W | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Brittany | ||
| Prefecture | Quimper | ||
| Subprefectures |
Brest Châteaulin Morlaix |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Nathalie Sarrabezolles (PS) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6,733 km2 (2,600 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 903,921 | ||
| • Rank | 24th | ||
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 29 | ||
| Arrondissements | 4 | ||
| Cantons | 27 | ||
| Communes | 281 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Finistère (French pronunciation: [fi.nis.tɛʁ]; Breton: Penn-ar-Bed Breton pronunciation: [ˌpɛnarˈbeːt]) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany.
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. 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). Finistère is not to be confused with Finisterre in Galicia, Spain.
The largest population center in Finistère is Brest. Other large towns in the department include Quimper (the capital), Concarneau, Morlaix, Carhaix, Quimperlé and Douarnenez. Finistère includes the island of Ushant (Eusa in Breton, Ouessant in French).
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