Huelgoat
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Canton | Carhaix-Plouguer | |
| Community association | Monts d'Arrée Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 22 ′ N , 3 ° 45 ′ W | |
| height | 92-267 m | |
| surface | 14.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,449 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 97 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29690 | |
| INSEE code | 29081 | |
Huelgoat ( An Uhelgoad in Breton ) is a French commune in Brittany in the Finistère department with 1,449 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is in the Regional Nature Park Armorique ( French Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ), at the foothills of the mountain range Monts d'Arrée in a hilly and wooded area.
Morlaix is 24 kilometers north, Brest 53 kilometers west, Rennes 155 kilometers east-southeast and Paris around 450 kilometers east.
traffic
Huelgoat is remote from the main traffic routes. At Morlaix and Landivisiau the next exits are on the expressway E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and regional train stations on the parallel railway line.
The nearest regional airports are at Brest and Rennes .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2057 | 2456 | 2230 | 2026 | 1742 | 1687 | 1612 | 1449 |
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Attractions
The archaeological excavation site Camp d'Artus , probably the main site of the Osismier defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic War , and the Grotte d'Artus are located nearby. To the west of the hamlet of Le Cloître is the Menhir du Cloître . In the "Forest of Huelgoat" there are extensive collections of strangely shaped rocks, the so-called "Felschaos der Mill (Chaos du Moulin)", as well as the "Devil's Grotto (Grotte du Diable)", the "Silver River (Rivière d'Argent)" and the "Abyss (Gouffre)". Numerous legends from the Arthurian legend surround the region . See also: List of Monuments historiques in Huelgoat
Natural monument
There is a rocking stone weighing around 130 tons near the village . (Coordinates 48.367259 North 3.745372 West)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 573-577.
