Audierne (French pronunciation: [odjɛʁn]; Breton: Gwaien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

[4] The town lies on a peninsula at the mouth of the Goyen river and for centuries was a fishing village, with a wide sandy beach.

On Saturday mornings there is a farmers' market, which serves as a meeting place for natives and tourists alike.

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.