Bénodet

Bénodet
Benoded
Commune
Bénodet harbour
Bénodet harbour
Coat of arms of Bénodet
Coat of arms
Location of Bénodet
Map
Bénodet is located in France
Bénodet
Bénodet
Bénodet is located in Brittany
Bénodet
Bénodet
Coordinates: 47°52′30″N 4°06′13″W / 47.874907°N 4.103737°W / 47.874907; -4.103737
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonFouesnant
IntercommunalityPays Fouesnantais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Pennanech[1]
Area
1
10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,790
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29006 /29950
Elevation0–59 m (0–194 ft)
Websitewww.mairie-benodet.fr
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.[3] 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
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 429—    
1800 529+3.04%
1806 565+1.10%
1821 579+0.16%
1831 667+1.42%
1836 710+1.26%
1841 643−1.96%
1846 712+2.06%
1851 680−0.92%
1856 676−0.12%
1861 657−0.57%
1866 705+1.42%
1872 622−2.07%
1876 704+3.14%
1881 741+1.03%
1886 781+1.06%
1891 875+2.30%
1896 1,035+3.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,094+1.11%
1906 1,234+2.44%
1911 1,362+1.99%
1921 1,312−0.37%
1926 1,346+0.51%
1931 1,421+1.09%
1936 1,549+1.74%
1946 1,675+0.79%
1954 1,674−0.01%
1962 1,882+1.47%
1968 1,922+0.35%
1975 2,087+1.18%
1982 2,285+1.30%
1990 2,436+0.80%
1999 2,750+1.36%
2007 3,168+1.78%
2012 3,453+1.74%
2017 3,568+0.66%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

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

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Bénodet (29006), INSEE
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bénodet, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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