Explore Locmaria-Plouzane in France
Locmaria-Plouzane in the region of Bretagne is a town in France - some 321 mi or ( 517 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .
Current time in Locmaria-Plouzane is now 11:00 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Oxford, Bristol, Cork, Rennes, and Quimper. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Oxford . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Locmaria-Plouzane ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Tempete en Bretagne
Tempete sur la pointe de Bretagne ..
Surfen in Crozon Finistère, warten auf die Welle
..
Perfekte Atlantikwellen am Pen Hat - Finistère
..
Trail blanc à Ploumoguer
Trail blanc à Ploumoguer ..
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.
Interesting facts about this location
Déolen
Déolen is a small coastal village in the commune of Locmaria-Plouzané in Brittany, France. Déolen has a popular surfing beach. It is 12 kilometers from Brest and 21 kilometers from the Brest International Airport. It was the landfall of the French transatlantic telegraph cables. "Deolen" is a village in the toda-bhim tehsil,karauli district which lies in eastern rajasthan. It is a Gurjar dominant village with "rankwal" being the 'gotra' or sub-caste of the people living here.
Located at 48.35 -4.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Fort de Toulbroc'h
The military remains known as Fort de Toulbroc'h form part of the defences along the goulet de Brest in France, in the commune of Locmaria-Plouzané. They are accessible via coastal path GR34 to the pointe du Grand Minou. The first buildings and batteries on the site date to 1884. They were occupied by the Germans and on 2 September 1944 60 men of the 5th Ranger Battalion took them in 6 minutes, capturing a German garrison of 5 officers and 237 men.
Located at 48.34 -4.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Le Minou
Le Minou is the site of a popular surfing beach and a lighthouse at the entrance to Brest harbor in France. It is part of the commune of Plouzané, on the north side of the Goulet de Brest. "Le Minou" means "pussy cat" in French. Le Minou is the site of the landfall of the first French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869.
Located at 48.34 -4.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Fort du Petit Minou
Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest. It consists of 6m high masonry bastions, surrounded by a 3m deep and 9.5m wide moat. Vauban completed the defences along the goulet and at this fort installed 240 cannons and a command post for directing fire and coordinating the defences' magazines. It was reinforced in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the phare du Petit Minou being added nearby in 1848.
Located at 48.34 -4.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Phare du Petit Minou
The Phare du Petit Minou is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané. By aligning it with the phare du Portzic, it shows the safe route to follow for ships to enter the roadstead.
Located at 48.34 -4.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Related Locations
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.