Quimper Airfares (UIP) - France

Quimper, France - City Overview and Airfare Information

Quimper

Quimper (Kemper in Breton, Corspotium in Latin) is a commune of Brittany in northwestern France. Population (1999): 67,127. Its inhabitants are called Quimpérois.

Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.

The name Quimper comes from the Breton kemper 'confluent' because the city was built on the confluence of the Steir, the Odet and the Jet rivers.

• the Roman Catholic cathedral of Saint-Corentin [Quimper Cathedral:[1],[2],[3]]. This cathedrale has a remarkable bend in its middle.
• some lovely churches (Locmaria, Saint-Mathieu, Kerfeunteun, Ergue-Armel...)
• an old downtown with mediaeval fortifications and houses
• Musée des Beaux-Arts (near the cathedral)
• Cornouaille Festival: traditional dance (last week of July)
• Faience museum

Quimper was the birthplace of:

• Élie Catherine Fréron (1719-1776), critic and controversialist
• Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734-1797), explorer, admiral, discoverer of the Kerguelen archipelago
• Rene-Marie Madec (1736-1784), adventurer, Nawab of India. See also René Madec
• René Laënnec (1781-1826), physician, inventor of the stethoscope
• Max Jacob (1876-1944), poet, painter, writer and critic
• Philippe Poupon, sailor
• William Stanger, footballer
• Jean Failler, writer (The Adventures of Mary Lester)

Quimper is twinned with:

• Limerick, Ireland
• Remscheid, Germany
• Falkirk, Scotland