Audierne

Sister cities

• Hattingen
• Penryn

History

The battle of Audierne Bay, which took place on 23 August 1944, was an engagement between German and Allied naval flotillas. Three Allied warships, which had already established control off the coast of Brittany and were lurking off Audierne south of the invested fortress of Brest, intercepted and sank eight German vessels of an armed convoy. This was the conclusion of Operation Kinetic, which was an allied operation aimed at intercepting shipping and hindering German forces besieged at Brest.

Most-observed species

• Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  1,016
• Great Black-backed Gull

  Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  842
• Northern Gannet

  Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  817
• European Stonechat

  Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  799
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  683
• Eurasian Linnet

  Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  632
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  625
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  604

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2020-02-19
  3 km ESE of Brest, France
• M 3.9 — 2016-12-11
  2 km WSW of Plabennec, France
• M 3.5 — 2013-12-11
  6 km WSW of Le Faou, France
• M 2.8 — 2008-10-01
  55 km WSW of Le Conquet, France
• M 2.5 — 2008-09-21
  52 km S of Guilvinec, France
• M 2.7 — 2008-08-23
  1 km W of Glomel, France