A city of northwest France near the Bay of Biscay south-southeast of Brest. It is noted for its pottery, known as Quimper ware. Population: 64,900.
Quimper
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A city of northwest France near the Bay of Biscay south-southeast of Brest. It is noted for its pottery, known as Quimper ware. Population: 64,900.
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Quimper (kăNpĕr'), town (1990 pop. 62,541), capital of Finistère dept., NW France, in Brittany, near the Bay of Biscay. It is famous for its pottery (quimper or Brittany ware) and also has textile, food, and furniture industries. It was once the capital of the Breton county of Cornouaille. It has a Gothic cathedral (13th-16th cent.).
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Quimper may refer to:
- Arrondissement of Quimper, an arrondissement in the department of Finistère, France
- Quimper, Finistère, a commune in that arrondissement
- Manuel Quimper, a Peruvian-born Spanish explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official
- Quimper faience, a style of faience pottery produced in a factory near Quimper, in France
- Quimper Peninsula, narrow peninsula in northwestern Washington state named after the explorer Manuel Quimper
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