Saint-Urbain: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Saint-Urbain offers three hiking routes through heathland, valleys and rural heritage. This combines a variety of landscapes with a clear thematic focus on paths and regional history.

Landscape and Paths

Saint-Urbain has a hilly relief cut through by numerous streams. All the streams flow into the Mignonne, which forms the natural boundary between Saint-Urbain and Irvillac. The Golf de Brest Iroise lies in a wooded 220-hectare park.

The “Entre landes et vallées” route is included in the Finistère department’s PDIPR.

Traces of History

The Chapelle de Trévarn replaced a religious building mentioned in the founding charter of Daoulas Abbey dating from 1172. The chapel contains a Kersanton baptismal font dated 1666. The calvary on the placître of the Chapelle de Trévarn was restored around 1630 by the sculptor Roland Doré from Landerneau.

The church in the centre of Saint-Urbain was completely destroyed by fire during the night of 13–14 November 1904. The Pont de Mel Coz was built or rebuilt in 1702 to cross the Mignonne; it stands on the former Royal Road 170. A calvary dating from 1575 stands in the Saint-Urbain cemetery.

The Kanndi de Penbran stands on municipal land below the hamlet of the same name, in the bottom of a valley. It can be reached via a sunken lane that is now part of a hiking trail.

The Notre-Dame Chapel of Trévarn dates from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Château de Créac'h-Balbé was built in the second half of the 19th century and has a symmetrical layout with a central main building flanked by two lower pavilions.

The site of Guern ar C'Hoadic, now overgrown with vegetation and lying in ruins, comprises three watermills: one fulling mill and two grain mills. Construction of the viaduct over the Guern ar Piquet valley began in spring 1865. The chapel of the Beuzidou manor house is a rectangular building that apparently dates from the 18th century.

Market in the Town Hall Square

A market takes place all year round in Saint-Urbain on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in the Town Hall Square. Fish, baked goods, honey, fruit, vegetables, flowers and eggs are available.

More local pages: Guilers, Ploumoguer, Ploudaniel, Beuzec-Cap-Sizun, Scrignac, Guipronvel, Ploneour-Lanvern, Plouégat-Moysan

To the higher-level travel overview: Finistere.