Clohars-Fouesnant
Clohars-Fouesnant Kloar-Fouenant |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Fouesnant | |
Community association | Pays Fouesnantais | |
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 | 29032 | |
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
- Saint-Hilaire Church ( Monument historique )
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.