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Plougonvelin Destination Guide

Delve into Plougonvelin in France

Plougonvelin in the region of Bretagne with its 3,009 residents is located in France - some 325 mi or ( 523 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Plougonvelin

Local time in Plougonvelin is now 09:22 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Oxford, Bristol, Cork, Saint-Renan, and Rennes. While being here, you might want to check out Oxford . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Plougonvelin ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Tempete en Bretagne

3:00 min by paruel
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Tempete sur la pointe de Bretagne ..

Pays d' Iroise. Bilder aus der Bretagne.

11:41 min by Peter Schwarz
Views: 1807 Rating: 5.00

Rundreise in der westlichen Bretagne, dem Pays d' Iroise, von Saint Mathieu, Le Conquet, Plouarzel, Aber Wrach, Brignogan Plage, Landerneau nach Brest. Round trip in Western Brittany, the Pays d'Irois ..


Pointe St. Mathieu 1940 and today

2:14 min by Mortimerus
Views: 1491 Rating: 5.00

My grandfather shot some pics during WW2. He was in St. Mathieu and Toulbroch at the german Marineartillerie. My beloved granddaddy was killed 1945 after he was ordered to Herzegowina. This year i wal ..

Hostellerie de la Pointe Saint Mathieu Le film

3:59 min by LaPointeSaintMathieu
Views: 417 Rating: 5.00

Hôtel de Charme et de caractère à Plougonvelin près du Conquet dans le Finistère en Bretagne, Nous vous accueillons dans un cadre exceptionnel, en face du phare de Saint Mathieu et des îles d'Ouessant ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Fort de Bertheaume

The Fort de Bertheaume is a fort in Plougonvelin, the Department of Finistère, France. It is located on an island, which is nowadays connected to the dry land by a footbridge. It was used a long time for the monitoring of Goulet de Brest.

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Located at 48.34 -4.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Finistère, Castles in Brittany, Fortifications of Brest, France, Forts in France, Visitor attractions in Finistère

Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre

The abbaye Saint-Mathieu-de-Fine-Terre is a Breton abbey, whose ruins are to be found in the territory of what is now the commune of Plougonvelin on pointe Saint-Mathieu (Beg Lokmazhe in Breton), in the département of Finistère. It gives the cape its name. It was dedicated to Matthew the Evangelist, whose skull it contained.

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Located at 48.33 -4.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Finistère, Christian monasteries in France, Ruins in Brittany, Visitor attractions in Finistère

Pointe Saint-Mathieu

The pointe Saint-Mathieu (Lok Mazé in Breton) is a headland located near Le Conquet in the territory of the commune of Plougonvelin in France, flanked by 20m high cliffs.

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Located at 48.33 -4.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Geography of Brittany, Geography of Finistère, Headlands of France

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.

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Located at 48.35 -4.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated coastal places in France

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.

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Located at 48.34 -4.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Fortifications of Brest, France

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