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Department of France
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Finistère in Brittany is the westernmost French department. Its name comes from the Latin from "end of the earth". The abers, rugged fjord-like inlets on the north coast, are a notable feature of the landscape. The westernmost point of continental France, known as the Pointe de Corsen, extends from the northwestern tip of Finistère. About 40 km to the south is the slightly less westerly, but rugged and isolated, headland of Pointe du Raz.
By plane
Brest-Bretagne Airport, in Guipavas, connects Brest to Paris (CDG), Lyon, Marseille, London and other cities in France and Europe.
By car
By boat
The port of Roscoff has ferry connections with the ports of Plymouth (United Kingdom), Cork and Rosslare (Ireland).
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Brest is a city on the west Atlantic coast of France. It has a long history of navigation.
Douarnenez is a port town in Finistère, Brittany, France.
Quimper is the capital city of the Finistère department. Its specialty is Quimper faience, a type of white glazed pottery with colourful painted designs and patterns.
Roscoff (Breton: Rosko) is a commune in the arrondissement of Morlaix in the Finistère département, in the region of Brittany in France.
you can walk its coastal path in about an hour
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