Hôtel de Ville, Quimper

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Quimper, Finistère, western France, standing on Place Saint-Corentin.

[4] It was designed by François Marie Lemarié in the Italianate style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened on 31 December 1831.

The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a round headed doorway with a moulded surround and a keystone, flanked by a pair of Doric order pilasters supporting an entablature and a parapet.

[7] A statue by the sculptor, Eugène-Louis Lequesne, depicting the inventor of the stethoscope, René Laennec, was unveiled in front of the town hall on 15 August 1868.

[11] After Quimper amalgamated with the municipalities of Ergué-Armel, Kerfeunteun and Penhars in 1959,[12] a further large extension, stretching back to Rue Verdelet was completed in the 1960s.