Fouesnant
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Fouesnant | |
| Community association | Pays Fouesnantais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 4 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 0-74 m | |
| surface | 32.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,458 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 289 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29170 | |
| INSEE code | 29058 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-fouesnant.fr/ | |
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Fouesnant ( Breton Fouenant ) is a French commune in southwest Brittany in the Finistère department with 9,458 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is located in Cornouaille on the Atlantic coast on the bay of Baie de la Forêt . Quimper is 13 kilometers northwest, the city and port of Brest 65 kilometers northwest and Paris about 480 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
history
Two menhirs in the district , one in the country and the other on Cape Pointe de Beg Meil , are the symbols of human occupation at the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age . Current research on the island of Île aux Moutons has established permanent settlements in different ages (in the Neolithic , Iron Age and the Roman Republic ). Coffins were also found on the Glénan as a further trace of ancient settlements.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3758 | 3962 | 4653 | 5239 | 6524 | 8076 | 9155 | 9458 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fouesnant
- In 1792 rebellious peasants gathered at the chapel of Kerbader , and in vain rose up against revolutionary troops.
- Parish church of Saint-Pierre with Romanesque capitals
traffic
At Quimper and Rosporden there are departures on the expressway E 60 Brest - Nantes and stations on the predominantly parallel regional railway line towards Brest and Nantes. Brest train station 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 . The airport in Quimper-Pluguffan is of course even cheaper because it is closer .
Town twinning
Since 1968 there has been a town partnership between Fouesnant and the then municipality of Strümp . This partnership was taken over by her after the city of Meerbusch was re-established . At irregular intervals there is an exchange of athletes with associated tournaments between various sports clubs from Fouesnant and Meerbusch. Since 1999 there has been an annual student exchange between the College Kervihan in Fouesnant and the Mataré-Gymnasium , the Maria-Montessori comprehensive school and the secondary school Osterath in Meerbusch.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 473-481.
