Le Faou
Le Faou Ar Faou |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
Community association | Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 18 ′ N , 4 ° 11 ′ W | |
height | 3–151 m | |
surface | 11.85 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,727 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29590 | |
INSEE code | 29053 | |
Website | www.lefaou.fr | |
![]() Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
Le Faou [ lə fʊ ] ( Breton Ar Faou ) is a commune in western France in the Finistère department in Brittany . It has 1727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and was classified as one of the Plus beaux villages de France ( Most Beautiful Villages in France ).
geography
Le Faou is located on the river of the same name about 25 kilometers southeast of Brest in front of the Crozon peninsula on the Rade de Brest , a bay of the Atlantic that juts deep into the land .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 1268 | 1313 | 1510 | 1554 | 1522 | 1571 | 1669 | 1727 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Old town with slate-roofed granite houses from the 16th century
- St. Sauveur Church from the 16th century
- Notre-Dame-de-Rumengol pilgrimage church from the 17th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Faou
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 435-442.
Web links
Commons : Le Faou - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Faou ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)