Bénodet

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bénodet

|native name = Benoded

|commune status = Commune

|image = BENODET348.jpg

|caption = Bénodet harbour

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Bénodet (Finistère).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47.874907|-4.103737|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 29006

|postal code = 29950

|arrondissement = Quimper

|canton = Fouesnant

|mayor = Christian Pennanech{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Pays Fouesnantais

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 59

|area km2 = 10.53

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|website = {{URL|http://www.mairie-benodet.fr/}}

}}

Bénodet ({{IPA|fr|benɔdɛ}}; Breton: Benoded) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/29006-benodet Commune de Bénodet (29006)], INSEE It lies about 16 kilometres south of Quimper. The Breton name Benoded means "mouth of the Odet".

Bénodet has a casino, a thalassotherapy centre, a cinema, a marina, a number of hotels, and several beaches. As with many coastal towns in Brittany, there are many second homes and the population increases sixfold over the summer period. Bénodet is also the site of menhirs and a church, dedicated to the 5th-century Irish saint Brigid of Kildare, which was built at the end of the 11th century and was classed as a historic monument in 1916.