Concarneau
commune in Finistère, France
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Summary
Concarneau is a commune of France[1]. Concarneau ranks in the top 0.57% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,737 views/month, #178 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finistère[3], arrondissement of Quimper[4], Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération[5]
- Country: France[6]
- Head of government: André Fidelin[7]
- Capital: Concarneau[8]
- Shares border with: Saint-Yvi[9], La Forêt-Fouesnant[10], Melgven[11], Trégunc[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Bielefeld[13], Penzance[14]
- Postal code: 29900[15]
- Commons category: Concarneau[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
- Archives at: Departmental archives of Finistère[19], archives municipales de Concarneau[20]
- Has part(s): Ville close[21]
- Significant event: Siege of Concarneau[22]
- Official website: https://www.concarneau.fr/ville/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Concarneau[24]
- Commons gallery: Concarneau[25]
- Population: 18,867[26], 19,182[27], 19,898[28], 19,050[29], 19,502[30], 19,816[31], 20,209[32], 20,607[33], 20,632[34], 20,845[35]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Concarneau[36]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- Replaces: Concarneau[38], Lanriec[39]
- Capital of: canton of Concarneau[40]
- Official name: Concarneau[41]
- Category for people born here: Q18548143[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Concarneau[43]
- Demonym: Concarnois[44], Concarnoises[45]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Concarneau[46]
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Physical Characteristics
Concarneau covers an area of 41.08 km²[47]. Elevations include 6 m[48], 0 m[49], 106 m[50], and 54 m[51].
Why It Matters
Concarneau has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Concarneau is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]