Goulien

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Goulien
Goulien (France)
Goulien
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Douarnenez
Community association Cap Sizun-Pointe du Raz
Coordinates 48 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 36 ′  W
height 0-97 m
surface 12.77 km 2
Residents 433 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29770
INSEE code

Saint-Goulven church

Goulien ( Breton Goulien ) is a French commune with 433 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department .

location

The place is located in the southwest of Brittany near the Atlantic coast on the Cap Sizun peninsula . Quimper is 35 kilometers southeast, Brest 38 kilometers north and Paris about 520 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).

traffic

At Quimper and Châteaulin , the next exits are on the expressway E 60 (Brest- Nantes ) and regional train stations are on the mostly parallel railway line.

The Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris and the airports Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest and Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient are the nearest regional airports .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 721 667 617 566 512 428 416 433
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Goulven church
  • Menhir Lannourec, Monument historique
  • Stèles de Kerdalaun in Goulien, Monument historique

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Goulien

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1150-1151.

Web links

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