Douarnenez

Douarnenez is a common French of the department of the Finistere in Brittany. It is an important fishing port and also a Marina.

Its inhabitants bears the name of Douarnenistes ; their neighbors call sometimes them (in particular women) PEN sardin , in reference to the cap which the women carried and who resembles the head of a sardine ( PEN meaning head in Breton).
La common was increased in 1946 while amalgamating with the common neighbors of Ploaré, Pouldavid and Tréboul.

Geography

Douarnenez is located at 600km in the west of Paris, 250 km in the west of Nantes and 25 km in the west of Quimper.

Characteristic of the city, the island Tristan which is located at approximately 50 meters coast. It is accessible to foot, only during the low tides. A headlight is there.

The city is made up of several districts:

  • Tréboul : the maritime district of Poullan which was attached to Douarnenez as from on June 16th 1946;

  • Listrouarn (or Listriouarn): is located on the old coastal axis of Poullan at Treboul at the east of Kerleiou;
  • Ar It harrbont: the district of Treboul, today gathering the cities HLM;
  • Kerrigi: the district of the bottom of the port of Treboul;
  • Toubalan: the artisanal zone;
  • Kergesten: the district of Treboul also gathering cities HLM;
  • Kornigoù;
    • rear
  • PEN it hoad: the district of the bottom of Ploare coming from the center town;
  • Ti Marc' hig: the name of the old people's home depending on the hospital;
  • Golven (Ar Golvez): in the past a waste ground, being used for drying of the nets.

History

The presence of tanks with Garum in Plomarc' H attests antiquity of the site. But it is of Pouldavid that the fabrics (called Olonnes) of Locronan left to export.

According to the legend of the town of Ys, a city thrives would have been built formerly in bay, before being absorbed by the ocean.

At the beginning of the 12th century, the bishop of Cornwall, Robert, made gift of the island of Tutuarn saint to the monastery of Marmoutier (close to Turns in Indre-et-Loire). This island was identified with the island Tristan and its old name which refers to holy Tudy could also be at the origin of the name of the city, if it is not “ douar year enez ” which means “the ground of the island”. The deed of gift rather indicates that a church existed already, a small monastery that a parish church. As for the gift, it seems to have had like drank a revival in the religious life of the diocese.

This commune is known for facts related to the Révolte of the Red Bonnets in 1675.

In 1924, the strike of the PEN Sardines, the sardinières of Douarnenez knew a national repercussion.

Douarnenez was the first city Communiste of France.

The blazon

The blazon was drawn by Doctor Benoiston, of Quimper, member of the French company of heraldic and sigillography and the departmental commission of heraldic of Finistere. it was set up in the new town hall in July 1977.

Of azure to the key reversed and posed out of gold stake, the ring in pommeté rhombus, the web appearing an anchor. The stamped ecu of a mural gold crown to the door with two leaves of same, shoed of sand; supported with the cantons of the chief and the sides of a braided interlaced sand and money rope; supported in baroque of two gannet of money winged of sand dried, descendant and faced out of rafter reversed under the point of the ecu, holding in their nozzle a gold listel bordered and doubled azure in charge of currency DALC' H MAD in sand letter.

The currency

The currency of the east city:
  • Dalc' H mad , which means Tiens good

Administration

The Mayor of the city east Monique Prévost . She is assisted in her functions by nine assistant and twenty-three city council men. |- | align=right| March 2001 |||| Monique Prévost ||align=" center" | DVG ||

Economy

The city has three ports: Rosmeur, current fishing port, managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Quimper Cornwall, the Port-Rhu (old ria of Pouldavid) where is based the Port-Museum and the recent media library and the marina in Tréboul. If the fishing port knows one period of decline, the marina of Treboul is to him in full growth and attracts each summer more luxurious sailing ships (like that of the Prince of Denmark which made there stopover every summer).

The two places on the market (Douarnenez Centers and Tréboul) are very attended by the tourists, the market of Treboul bordering the marina.

The sardine (fishing and canning facilities)

Douarnenez is a high place of fishing to the Sardine (3714 T in 2006). Thus, since the XIXeme centuries several canning facilities settled in the city, of which oldest in the world, Connétable, is always in activity. Vis-a-vis competition, the majority of the canning facilities of the city gradually closed their doors. Currently, there does not remain any more this past but three factories which knew to develop and resist: Small Ship, Arok and Connétable. An important exposure to the Port-museum of Douarnenez reports the history of the canning facilities in the city of the " PEN-sardin" , but also in Cornwall and on all the Atlantic littoral. Pointer, tables, sertisseuses, hermetically-sealed, truck, trunk, boxes, files, photographs, model and films… testify to this industrial activity.

Transport

The city places at the disposal of its inhabitants an urban network of bus (drunk TUD'). The city has only one coach station, the Gare the SNCF and the Aéroport being with Quimper.

Culture-leisures

Monuments

  • Saint-Jacob Church of Pouldavid.

  • Church of Crowned Heart of Douarnenez.
  • Vault Midsummer's Day de Tréboul
  • Saint-Herlé Church of Ploaré
  • Holy Vault Helene located at 50 m of the Museum of the Boats and the Media library, TO SEE
  • the Vault Of the Holy Cross where in time there was a religious celebration

Leisures

Douarnenez is a city with strong cultural identity. The municipal equipment important is had regard to the size of the commune:

  • a center of arts,
  • a music school;
  • a media library;
  • a museum of company - the Port-museum - of regional scale, entirely modernized in 2006.

The Port-museum, which with the largest collection of Boat X of the maritime Museum S of France, presents, since the summer 2006, a new face. A score of boats, a hundred objects, films testify there to the maritime activities. Reconstitution of an old Breton “port-shelter” with the evocation of the port of Douarnenez to the XXe century, Norway with the Portugal, shores of Africa to those of the Pacific, fishing with the pleasure, universal know-how of each people is emphasized. Three temporary exhibitions supplement the visit: the history of the fish canning facilities, that of survival at sea and that of the first leisures on water make the topicality of the year 2007. The visit is prolonged in the open air on the boats with flood, where you explore yourself bridges, holds, engine rooms of the five units of the collection on water, installed in the ria of the Port-Rhu…

  • Marina of Tréboul.

  • Promenade on the coastal lane of Tréboul enters the marina and the beach of the Sand-White.
  • the center town of Douarnenez and its paved streets.
  • the walk of Plomarc' H, close to the fishing port of Douarnenez, with its updated Roman ruins and its farm with all kinds of animals: cows, poultries.
  • Beach of the Sand-White of Tréboul, ideal beach to spend its days under the sun douarnenist.

Events

  • Since 1986 Douarnenez accommodates a gathering of old man gréements (1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006). This maritime festival joins together all types of sailing ships Tradition nels come from the four corners of the world. In 2004 one did not count less than 2000 sailing ships, 17000 marine and 30 Nation S represented. With each demonstration the Culture and the Savoir-faire of a country are with the honor. The last edition in date took place of the 27 to the July 31st 2006.
  • Every summer takes place since 1978 a festival of the cinema on the ethnic minorities.
  • Go impossible to circumvent, the fats . They take place every year during one week. This tradition has existed in Douarnenez for more than 150 years seeing even since Roman antiquity.
  • Festival of “Arts Dines with oil” (be and winter);
  • Festival of the wearing of Europe: the festival of the gulls
  • International festival of folklore its, light and dances

Lastly, the artists are particularly numerous in the city. Douarnenez is also known for its " Gras" , event always very awaited of Douarnenistes, which is not let impress by the strength of the winter and do not hesitate to saunter in the streets of the Markets and Rosmeur, equipped more original disguises ones than the others.

Cook

Douarnenez is famous for its local cake, the Kouign mercy; its name (“cake with butter”, into Breton) is evocative as for the raw material used for its clothes industry.

Green areas

The commune is known for its aromatic Botanical garden (which gathers good number of medicinal plants), its Jardins of the bay which have in particular a workshop of social integration, and Plomarc' H , a natural space protected from 20 hectares, which encircles the farm of Plomarc' H , a municipal exploitation for the safeguard of the old races.

In addition, the city is one of the stages of the circuit excursion going from bay of Audierne to bay of Douarnenez, to the point of the Strong current.

Personalities

Births

Death

  • Rene Laennec (1781 - 1826): doctor and inventor of the Stethoscope

  • Jean-Marie Breaking (1817 - 1872): captain with the long course, first aviator in the world
  • Georges Perros (1923 - 1978): writer
  • Anita Conti (1899 - 1997): exploring and photographer
  • Youenn Gwernig (1925 - 2006): poet, sculptor and singer composer-songwriter
  • No5el Roquevert (1892 - 1973) of his true name No5el Bénévent: movie actor
  • Désiré Lucas (born in Plabennec 29Nord) Painter Deceased with Douarnenez and buried in the cemetery of Ploaré (while entering the cemetery his burial is on the left and maintained always well.
  • Yves Coulloc' H (1847 - 1933): older worker of France (72 years of work in the same factory), decorated with the Legion of Honor by Dalimier, Minister for Labor, on September 11th, 1932 with Tréboul.

Y live or lived there

  • Jean-Pierre Abraham, writer. Abraham lived several years with Douarnenez, whereas he worked for the Chasse-marée. One of its posthumous books, With more close (2004), contains several accounts which proceed in Douarnenez or in its immediate surroundings.
  • Lucien de Vissec described Douarnenez at the beginning of the XXe century in its novel the blue Nets .
  • Maurice Boitel, painter (painted many paintings with Douarnenez with the beginning of the year fifty)
  • Eugene Gonidec Maître quartermaster and single survivor of the shipwreck of the oceanographical ship the Why not? 1936.
  • Corentin Celton, trade unionist of the hospitals of Paris, resistant shot by the Nazis.
  • Main Nicolas, creator and founder of the mark douarnenist Suxxel Leisurewear.
  • Pablo Picasso
  • Cesare Battisti
  • Paco Rabanne was raises EPS (Higher Elementary school, old College) during war 39/45, to see a photograph in a book made by the FCPE of the College Jean Marie BREAKING
  • Jean Toth painter Voir Google and " friends of Jean Toth"
  • Antoine Mathieu, trainer of tennis shoe ball

Teaching

Schools

  • Nursery schools and public primary educations

- School Victor Hugo

- School Marie Curie (cycle 3 CE2 CM1 CM2)

- Laënnec School

- School François Guillou

- School Paul Langevin

- School Jules Verne

  • maternal Private schools and primary educations

- School the saints Angels

- Holy School Philomène

- School Jean Saint

  • Colleges and colleges private and public

- College/college Jean Marie Breaking

- College/Holy college Blaise

- Technical school Holy Elisabeth

Recreational center

The common one places at the disposal of the inhabitants a Recreational center, making it possible to accommodate children from 3 to 12 years out of the school hours. This space offers plays and leisures, which support the awakening and the creativity of the children.

Twinning

Health

The city has a hospital, a center of Thalassothérapie and three old people's homes. The city gathers seventeen Médecin S general practitioners, about fifty specialized doctors and more than one about sixty medical auxiliaries.

Douarnenez in art

Literature

Cinema

The film Microclimate of Marie Hélia left in 2007, is entirely made in the city. In the same way, the city was the theater of a film recalling the events of the strike of the PEN sardines of 1924: PEN sardines , 2004 of Marc River.

Music

The city has a Bagad.

Sport

The commune gathers a municipal Piscine, three sports halls, six Stade S, two courts of Tennis and a nautical Center. Moreover, the city has a club of Hand-ball, which organizes tournaments. Douarnenez has the best club of Brittany de Billard French, Douarnenez Sport Billiards, with plusior championships of France and of tens of regional titles each season!

Worships

  • Catholic Church , and the Presbytery of Douarnenez, located street E. Renan;
  • Protestant Church Baptist, located street of Doctor Paugam.

To deepen

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