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Concarneau

Field	Value
name	Concarneau
native name	Konk-Kerne
commune status	Commune
image	Concarneau overfly.jpg
caption	Concarneau's harbour and centre
image flag	Flag of Concarneau.svg
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Concarneau (Finistère).svg
coordinates
INSEE	29039
postal code	29900
arrondissement	Quimper
canton	Concarneau
mayor	Marc Bigot
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
elevation min m	0
elevation max m	36
area km2	41.08
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Concarneau (Finistère).svg

Concarneau (, meaning "Bay of Cornouaille") is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in Northwestern France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt.

The city has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding; its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the excesses of souvenir shops. Also in the Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour.

Events

In August the town holds the annual Fête des Filets Bleus (Festival of the blue nets). The festival, named after the traditional blue nets of Concarneau's fishing fleet, is a celebration of Breton and pan-Celtic culture. Such festivals can occur throughout Brittany but the Filets Bleus is one of the oldest and largest, attracting in excess of a thousand participants in traditional dress with many times that number of observers. In 2005, the 100th festival was celebrated.

Literature

Concarneau was the setting for Belgian mystery writer Georges Simenon's 1931 novel Le Chien jaune (The Yellow Dog), featuring his celebrated sleuth Maigret.

Economy

Fishing, particularly for tuna, has long been the primary economic activity in Concarneau. The Les Mouettes d'Arvor is one of the last traditional canning factories in Concarneau. Concarneau is one of the biggest fishing ports in France. Since the 1980s, other industries have arisen, such as boat construction and summer tourism.

The Ville Close separates the working port from the yacht basin.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Concarneau are called in French Concarnois (masculine) and Concarnoises (feminine). In 1959, Concarneau absorbed the former commune Lanriec.

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Breton language

In 2008, 2.16% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

Sport

The football club US Concarneau is based in the town.

Personalities

Michel Desjoyeaux, navigator
Samantha Davies, sailor
Guy Cotten, founder of a clothes factory
Stéphane Guivarc'h, French footballer, won the FIFA World Cup 1998 with the French national side
Théophile Deyrolle and Alfred Guillou, founders of the Concarneau Art Colony.
Valérie Hermann, President of Ralph Lauren

International relations

Twinned towns:

GER Bielefeld, Germany since 1969
SEN M'bour, Senegal since 1974
UK Penzance, United Kingdom since 1982

Gallery

File:Ville Close de Concarneau (1.1).jpg|The medieval Ville Close File:Bretagne Finistere Concarneau1 tango7174.jpg|The medieval Ville Close File:Bretagne Finistere Concarneau2 tango7174.jpg|The commercial harbour File:Bretagne Finistere Concarneau3 tango7174.jpg|The yachting harbour File:Bretagne Finistere Concarneau4 tango7174.jpg|At dusk File:Port de Concarneau.jpg|The port File:Concarneau - Port de plaisance.jpg|The yachting harbor File:Château de Kériolet (0).jpg|Château de Kériolet File:La plage des Sables Blancs.jpg|Les Sables Blancs File:La Ville Close.jpg|The Ville Close File:Statue de Duquesne à Concarneau.jpg|Abraham Duquesne File:Localisation Concarneau dept29.png|Concarneau's location in Finistère

Climate

|Jan record high C = 15.4 |Feb record high C = 17.8 |Mar record high C = 23.4 |Apr record high C = 25.2 |May record high C = 30.0 |Jun record high C = 32.7 |Jul record high C = 37.2 |Aug record high C = 35.1 |Sep record high C = 31.3 |Oct record high C = 26.8 |Nov record high C = 19.5 |Dec record high C = 16.8 |Jan record low C = -6.0 |Feb record low C = -6.4 |Mar record low C = -4.8 |Apr record low C = -1.9 |May record low C = 0.4 |Jun record low C = 3.6 |Jul record low C = 6.9 |Aug record low C = 6.3 |Sep record low C = 3.8 |Oct record low C = 0.8 |Nov record low C = -3.0 |Dec record low C = -4.5 |access-date=20 November 2024}}}}

References

(9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
{{cite EB1911
[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000016748 Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes], ''[[Journal officiel de la République française]]'' n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
{{Cassini-Ehess. 10060. Concarneau
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-29039#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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