Finistère (Department, France)

Penn-ar-Bed

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by Jaume Ollé

Flag of the General Council of Finistère

• Administrative data
• Flag of the General Council of Finistère
• Proposal of a flag for the department of Finistère

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Finistère (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Brest
  • Audierne (Gwaien)
  • Carhaix-Plouguer (Karaez-Plouger)
  • Concarneau (Konk-Kerné)
  • Le Conquet
  • Crozon (Kraon)
  • Fouesnant (Foën)
  • Guerlesquin
  • Le Juch (Ar Jeuc'h)
  • Kerlouan
  • Landivisiau
  • Plomelin (Ploveilh)
  • Pont-l'Abbé
  • Pouldergat
  • Ushant (Ouessant)
• Finistère (Department, France): Yacht club burgees

Administrative data

Code: 29
Region: Bretagne
Traditional provinces: Brittany (traditional Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, traditional district of Pays Bigouden)
Bordering departments: Côtes-d'Armor, Morbihan

Area: 6,733 km²
Population (1995): 840,600 inhabitants

Préfecture: Quimper
Sous-préfectures: Brest, Châteaulin, Morlaix
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 52 cantons, 283 communes.

The department is named after its geographical location, at land's end (Finis Terrae, in Latin).

Flag of the General Council of Finistère

The flag of the General Council is white with the coat of arms of the department in the middle.

The left part of