Bénodet

Bénodet Benoded
Bénodet harbour
Bénodet
Location within Brittany region  Bénodet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Fouesnant
Intercommunality	Pays Fouesnantais
Mayor	Christian Pennanech (2008–014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–59 m (0–194 ft)
Land area1	10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population2	3,208  (2008)
- Density	305 /km2 (790 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29006/ 29950
Website	Official website
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bénodet (Benoded in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère département in Brittany in northwestern France.

The name Benoded means in Breton, "mouth of the Odet". It is about 16 kilometres south of Quimper.

Bénodet is one of the most fashionable seaside resorts in Brittany. The town is home to a casino, a thalassotherapy, cinema, a marina, hotels and a few beaches. As with many coastal towns in Brittany, there are many second homes in the town, the population increasing sixfold over the summertime. Bénodet is also home to menhirs and a church named after Brigid of Kildare, a 5th century Irish saint; which was built at the end of the 11th century and classed as a historic monument in 1916. The town is home to the Tri Martolod brewery.

Population

Inhabitants of Bénodet are called Bénodetois.

Historical population of Bénodet

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	429	529	565	579	667	710	643	712	680	676

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	657	705	622	704	741	781	875	1035	1094	1234

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	1362	1312	1346	1421	1549	1675	1674	1882	1922	2087

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	2285	2436	2750	3208

Events

Most events in the town take place in the summertime, due to the town's bustling summer season. In May, the Odet yacht club runs the Obelix Trophy, a sailing race with about 100 boats taking part over 4 days. Every year the commune runs a series of music concerts every Friday evening, with French pop rock group Superbus playing there in 2005. Every Monday there is a market in the town centre.

International relations

• Torpoint (Cornwall)
• Antony (Cornwall)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);
• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official site (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Bénodet (French)