Welcome to Cornouaille, the cradle of innovation where your projects take off!

In the heart of South Finistère, Cornouaille stretches between land and sea, offering an idyllic living environment to 365,000 inhabitants. Our dynamic small towns provide a full range of services to welcome families, industrial and service companies in a friendly atmosphere. Quimper, our central town, is at the heart of this dynamism, playing the role of regional capital and prefecture of the department.

With a rich economic fabric of over 30,000 businesses, Cornouaille excels in the art of blending tradition and modernity. Rooted in agriculture and fishing, the region has grown into a hub of creativity and vitality, striving for excellence in agricultural and marine production, food processing and related industries such as shipbuilding, nautical, energy and digital technologies.

Our region is also a major centre for research and development and specialised training courses. ADRIA, a technical centre renowned for its expertise in food safety, and LUBEM, a university laboratory focusing on the biodiversity and ecology of micro-organisms, are major assets, bolstered by the arrival of CEA Tech, which deploys innovative technologies for the agriculture and agrifood sectors.

The maritime sector is not to be overlooked, with the support of the National Museum of Natural History, Agrocampus Ouest and Ifremer which focus on the study of marine biomass, and the LBCM (Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines), which specialises in marine biotechnology and chemistry.

Our educational programmes are rich and diversified, with high-level initial and continuing training courses in Cornouaille’s key areas: food science, marine and aquaculture sectors, business and international trade, tourism, etc.