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Audierne (French pronunciation: ​[odjɛʁn]; Breton: Gwaien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.[2] On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Esquibien merged into Audierne.[3]

Audierne Gwaien
Commune
Audierne harbour
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Audierne
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Coordinates: 48°01′30″N 4°32′26″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Douarnenez
Intercommunality	Cap Sizun-Pointe du Raz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gurvan Kerloc’h
Area 1	18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	3,692
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29003 /29770
Website	www.audierne.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town lies on a peninsula at the mouth of the Goyen river and for centuries was a fishing village, with a wide sandy beach. Visitors can take a boat from Audierne's port of Esquibien to the Île de Sein.

The harbour, formerly important to the local fishing industry, is now essentially a yacht port. Remaining of the fishery is an oyster farm, in which the delicacy can be bought. Along the harbour stretches the town's main shopping area with its cafés, bars and restaurants, crêperies, boutiques, estate agents and holiday agencies, the town hall, the tourism office, and the regional bus stop. On Saturday mornings there is a farmers' market, which serves as a meeting place for natives and tourists alike.

History

The battle of Audierne Bay, which took place on 23 August 1944, was an engagement between German and Allied naval flotillas. Three Allied warships, which had already established control off the coast of Brittany and were lurking off Audierne south of the invested fortress of Brest, intercepted and sank eight German vessels of an armed convoy. This was the conclusion of Operation Kinetic, which was an allied operation aimed at intercepting shipping and hindering German forces besieged at Brest.

International relations

Audierne is twinned with Penryn in the United Kingdom and Hattingen in Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Audierne are called Audiernais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,749	—
1975	5,474	−0.70%
1982	5,003	−1.28%
1990	4,657	−0.89%
1999	4,082	−1.45%
2007	3,860	−0.70%
2012	3,742	−0.62%
2017	3,692	−0.27%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Audierne at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[4]

Gallery

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  Yacht port
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  Goyen

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Audierne

Audierne (bretonisch Gwaien) ist eine Gemeinde in der Cornouaille, im Westen Frankreichs im Département Finistère in der Region Bretagne. Auf einer Fläche von 18,37 km² leben 3692 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2019). Audierne liegt auf einer Halbinsel an der Mündung des Goyen und ist ein Fischerort mit langem Sandstrand. Vom Hafen des Stadtteils Esquibien kann man mit dem Boot zur Île de Sein fahren.

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- [en] Audierne

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[ru] Одьерн

Одьерн (фр. Audierne) — коммуна на северо-западе Франции, находится в регионе Бретань, департамент Финистер, округ Кемпер, кантон Дуарнене. Расположена в 90 км к югу от Бреста и в 38 км к западу от Кемпера, в месте впадения реки Гуаен в Атлантический океан.

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