Coat-Méal: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Coat-Méal tells its story through buildings, crosses and memorial sites; at the same time, a hiking trail runs through the surrounding area.

Culture and History

The Église Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs was originally a chapel that was transferred to Daoulas Abbey around 1170 and became the parish church in 1692. Its oldest parts include the choir and the south portal, dating from the 13th or 14th century and distinguished by their reddish stone. Inside is a 16th-century Pietà carved from a single block of oak.

The manor houses and traces of medieval fortifications also point to the history of the locality. Castel-Huel is a medieval motte probably dating back to the Roman occupation in the 1st century AD and served as a fief of the Châtellenie of Coat-Méal until the Revolution. Castel-Uhel was the seat of the Châtellenie of Coat-Méal and was initially under the authority of the Vicomte de Léon before the Rohan family assumed a significant role in the 14th century. The Manoir de Kerascoët is a manor house dating from the 16th century.

The stone heritage includes several crosses and calvaries. Croas-ar-Beg-Houarn is a 16th-century cross featuring a crucifix, a depiction of the Virgin and Child, a coat of arms and a plaque of the Amicale Violette. Croaz-Inizan is a medieval monolithic cross in a wooded enclosure. Les Trois-Curés is a cross from the High Middle Ages marking the boundary of the three parishes of Bourg-Blanc, Coat-Méal and Milizac.

Croas-ar-Vossen in Kérascoët commemorates a plague epidemic at the beginning of the 18th century. Traditional bonfires are lit every year in front of Croaz-an-Tantes, at the corner of Rue du Garo and Rue de la Fontaine. About 100 metres north of the church is the devotional spring Feunteun an Itron Varia. A Kersanton stone cross near the church was created in 1886 by the Brest sculptor Victor Lapierre. The listed crosses and calvaries in Coat-Méal are freely accessible; some, however, are located along major roads.

Hiking

Rand'Abers is one of the hiking trails available in Coat-Méal. The first section of Rand'Abers 10 starts at the car park behind the church of Coat-Méal and leads via Coativy and Kerivinoc to the Moulin de Tromeur.

Places in the Surrounding Area

In the immediate vicinity of Coat-Méal is the Église Saint-Pierre, a church. The surrounding area includes Plage Sainte-Marguerite and Plage du Moulin Blanc, both beaches, as well as Île Garo and Île d'Erch, both islands. In the wider regional area around Coat-Méal are Le Château de Brest, a castle, the Tour Tanguy, a historic site, and Fort de Dellec, a fort.

More destination pages: La Roche-Maurice, Quimper, Île-Tudy, Confort-Meilars, Guimiliau, Brennilis, Scrignac, Roscoff

To the overarching travel overview: Finistere.