La Forêt-Fouesnant
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La Forêt-Fouesnant Ar Forest-Fouenant |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Fouesnant | |
| Community association | Pays Fouesnantais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 55 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W | |
| height | 0-98 m | |
| surface | 18.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,366 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 182 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29940 | |
| INSEE code | 29057 | |
| Website | http://www.foret-fouesnant.org/ | |
 The old port of La Forêt-Fouesnant |
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La Forêt-Fouesnant ( Ar Forest-Fouenant in Breton ) is a French commune in south-west Brittany in the Finistère department with 3,366 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is located in the Cornouaille in the immediate vicinity of 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 ).
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 Quimper Bretagne near Quimper and Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest are the nearest regional airports .
In the port of La Forêt, called Port-la-Forêt, is the French National Training Center for long-distance sailing regattas, called Le Pôle France "Finistère Course au Large" .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1758 | 1778 | 2060 | 2148 | 2369 | 2809 | 3211 | 3366 |
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Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in La Forêt-Fouesnant
The unusual Cairn of Kerléven is located in the village of Kerléven, southeast of La Forêt .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 468-473.
