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Quimper, the capital of the department of Finistere, is the traditional capital of Cornwall but is the second largest city by population, after Brest.

The name of the commune, Kemper in Breton means "confluence". Indeed, the city was built at the confluence of the Odet and Steir with the Frout.

The city of Quimper, a town of art and history, has many attractions, including:

• Cathedral of Saint Corentin Gothic - ^XIII-XIX with neo-Gothic spiers of 77 m
• priory church of Romanesque style Locmaria - ^XI-XII
• Old Quimper with its ramparts, narrow streets and old houses
• Departmental Breton Museum (archeology, ethnology, old furniture, costumes, prints, ceramics)
• Museum of Earthenware with a fund of nearly two thousand five hundred pieces exhibited in rotation
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