Audierne (Breton: Gwaien), France

Audierne, originally uploaded by kerivoa.

Audierne (Breton: Gwaien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The town lies on a peninsula at the mouth of the Goyen river and for centuries was a fishing village, with a wide sandy beach. Visitors can take a boat from Audierne's port of Esquibien to the Île de Sein.
The harbour, formerly important to the local fishing industry, is now essentially a yacht port. Remaining of the fishery is an oyster farm, in which the delicacy can be bought. Along the harbour stretches the town's main shopping area with its cafés, bars and restaurants, crêperies, boutiques, estate agents and holiday agencies, the town hall, the tourism office, and the regional bus stop. On Saturday mornings there is a farmers' market, which serves as a meeting place for natives and tourists alike.
Audierne is twinned with Penryn, Cornwall.

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Meneham, la maison des douaniers, Bretagne, France

Meneham, la maison des douaniers., originally uploaded by ghis44free.

The village of Ménéham still sheltered some peasants around thirty years ago fishermen of wrack. First the house of the customs officers» or home of the guardroom was built «. At origin, it was about a post of lookout (the XVIIth century under Vauban). This building has as feature to have a stone roof.

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