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Finistere

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Finistère 

a department in northwestern France, in Brittany. Area, 7,000 sq km. Population, 783,000 (1975). The capital is Quimper. The chief branch of the economy is agriculture, including the cultivation of grains, potatoes, and early vegetables, and the raising of livestock. The department is the country’s leading producer of hogs. It also has fishing. Industry includes ship repair, the manufacture of electronics equipment (in Brest), and food processing, including fish canning. The seacoast is a tourist area and has health resorts.
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