Scaër, Finistère Département, Brittany, France

Geography | Breton

🇫🇷 Scaër is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography Scaër, encompassing 11,758 hectares, is the most spread-out city in Finistère and the third in Brittany. Scaër is located 30.5 km (19.0 mi) east of Quimper and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Lorient. Historically, Scaër belongs to Cornouaille.

Neighbouring communes Scaër is border by Guiscriff to the east, by Leuhan and Roudouallec to the north, by Tourc'h to the west and by Rosporden and Bannalec to the south.

Breton The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on March 20, 2007. Ya d'ar brezhoneg (Oui au breton, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the Ofis ar Brezhoneg (English: Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, north-western France. Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language which has fallen out of general use since the mid 20th century. Efforts are underway in the region to revive the language, which is classified by UNESCO as endangered.

In 2008, 11.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

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Scaër has a population of over 5,295 people. Scaër also forms part of the wider Quimper Arrondissement which has a population of over 322,740 people. It is also a part of the larger Finistère Département. Scaër is situated near Quimper.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Scaër has links with:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Crickhowell, Wales
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  • Scaër: On 20th March 2007, The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg.
Antipodal to Scaër is: 176.299,-48.028

Locations Near: Scaër -3.7008,48.0281

🇫🇷 Quimper -4.107,47.992 d: 30.5  

🇫🇷 Châteaulin -4.091,48.197 d: 34.5  

🇫🇷 Lorient -3.369,47.74 d: 40.5  

🇫🇷 Morlaix -3.839,48.579 d: 62.1  

🇫🇷 Pontivy -2.97,48.064 d: 54.5  

🇫🇷 Lannion -3.459,48.732 d: 80.3  

🇫🇷 Guingamp -3.144,48.56 d: 72.1  

🇫🇷 Brest -4.484,48.392 d: 70.8  

🇫🇷 Vannes -2.75,47.66 d: 82  

🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc -2.765,48.514 d: 87.8  

Antipodal to: Scaër 176.299,-48.028

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19438  

🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19513  

🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19396.8  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19255.4  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19249.9  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19249.9  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19242.1  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19239.6  

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19226.4  

🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19231.1  

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