Bénodet
Bénodet
Benoded | |
|---|---|
 Bénodet harbour | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bénodet | |
Location within France Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 47°52′30″N 4°06′13″W / 47.874907°N 4.103737°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Fouesnant |
| Intercommunality | Pays Fouesnantais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Pennanech |
Area 1 | 10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 3,849 |
| • Density | 365.5/km2 (946.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29006 /29950 |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bénodet (French pronunciation: [benɔdɛ]; Breton: Benoded) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It lies about 16 kilometres south of Quimper. The Breton name Benoded means "mouth of the Odet".
Bénodet has a casino, a thalassotherapy centre, a cinema, a marina, a number of hotels, and several beaches. As with many coastal towns in Brittany, there are many second homes and the population increases sixfold over the summer period. Bénodet is also the site of menhirs and a church, dedicated to the 5th-century Irish saint Brigid of Kildare, which was built at the end of the 11th century and was classed as a historic monument in 1916.
Population
In French the inhabitants of Bénodet are known as Bénodetois.
Historical population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events
Most events in the town take place in the summer months, as part of the town's bustling summer season. In May, the Odet yacht club organizes the Obelix Trophy, a sailing race with about 100 boats taking part over four days. Every year the commune mounts a series of Friday-evening music concerts – French pop rock group Superbus played there in 2005. A market is held in the town centre each Monday.
International relations
Bénodet is twinned with
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Commune de Bénodet (29006), INSEE
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bénodet, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
- www.mairie-benodet.fr, Official site (in French)
- www.benodet.fr, Office Municipal de Tourisme de Bénodet
- 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);
