Bénodet
title: "Bénodet" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-finistère", "populated-coastal-places-in-brittany", "port-cities-and-towns-on-the-french-atlantic-coast"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bénodet" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox French commune"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bénodet |
| native name | Benoded |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | BENODET348.jpg |
| caption | Bénodet harbour |
| image coat of arms | Blason de la ville de Bénodet (Finistère).svg |
| coordinates | |
| INSEE | 29006 |
| postal code | 29950 |
| arrondissement | Quimper |
| canton | Fouesnant |
| mayor | Christian Pennanech |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Pays Fouesnantais |
| elevation min m | 0 |
| elevation max m | 59 |
| area km2 | 10.53 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| website | |
| :: |
|name = Bénodet |native name = Benoded |commune status = Commune |image = BENODET348.jpg |caption = Bénodet harbour |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Bénodet (Finistère).svg |coordinates = |INSEE = 29006 |postal code = 29950 |arrondissement = Quimper |canton = Fouesnant |mayor = Christian Pennanech |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Pays Fouesnantais |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 59 |area km2 = 10.53 |population = |population date = |population footnotes = |website =
Bénodet (; Breton: Benoded) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It lies about 16 kilometres south of Quimper. The Breton name Benoded means "mouth of the Odet".
Bénodet has a casino, a thalassotherapy centre, a cinema, a marina, a number of hotels, and several beaches. As with many coastal towns in Brittany, there are many second homes and the population increases sixfold over the summer period. Bénodet is also the site of menhirs and a church, dedicated to the 5th-century Irish saint Brigid of Kildare, which was built at the end of the 11th century and was classed as a historic monument in 1916.
Population
In French the inhabitants of Bénodet are known as Bénodetois. |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017) |1793 |429 |1800 |529 |1806 |565 |1821 |579 |1831 |667 |1836 |710 |1841 |643 |1846 |712 |1851 |680 |1856 |676 |1861 |657 |1866 |705 |1872 |622 |1876 |704 |1881 |741 |1886 |781 |1891 |875 |1896 |1035 |1901 |1094 |1906 |1234 |1911 |1362 |1921 |1312 |1926 |1346 |1931 |1421 |1936 |1549 |1946 |1675 |1954 |1674 |1962 |1882 |1968 |1922 |1975 |2087 |1982 |2285 |1990 |2436 |1999 |2750 |2007 |3168 |2012 |3453 |2017 |3568
Events
Most events in the town take place in the summer months, as part of the town's bustling summer season. In May, the Odet yacht club organizes the Obelix Trophy, a sailing race with about 100 boats taking part over four days. Every year the commune mounts a series of Friday-evening music concerts – French pop rock group Superbus played there in 2005. A market is held in the town centre each Monday.
International relations
Bénodet is twinned with
- GBR [[Image:Flag of Cornwall.svg|25px]] Torpoint, Cornwall, UK
- GBR [[Image:Flag of Cornwall.svg|25px]] Antony, Cornwall, UK
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/29006-benodet Commune de Bénodet (29006)], INSEE
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 26463. Bénodet
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29006#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::