Le Faou

Le Faou Ar Faou
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 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

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  Notre-Dame-de-Rumengol church

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  Saint-Sauveur church

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

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)