Clohars-Fouesnant

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Clohars-Fouesnant
Kloar-Fouenant
Clohars-Fouesnant coat of arms
Clohars-Fouesnant (France)
Clohars-Fouesnant
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Fouesnant
Community association Pays Fouesnantais
Coordinates 47 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 4 ′  W
height 0-71 m
surface 13.02 km 2
Residents 2,055 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 158 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29950
INSEE code

Saint-Hilaire church

Clohars-Fouesnant ( Breton Kloar-Fouenant ) is a French commune in southwest Brittany in the Finistère department with 2055 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is in the Cornouaille near the Atlantic coast near Bénodet . Quimper is ten kilometers northwest, the city and port of Brest 62 kilometers northwest and Paris about 480 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).

traffic

At Quimper and Rosporden there are departures on the E-60 section Brest - Nantes and stations on the predominantly parallel regional railway line towards Brest and Nantes. The train station of Brest is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.

The airports Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient and Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest are the nearest regional airports .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 605 586 801 1073 1279 1417 2156 2055
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Clohars-Fouesnant

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 462-468.

Web links

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