Le Trévoux

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Le Trévoux
Coat of arms of Le Trévoux
Le Trévoux (France)
Le Trévoux
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Moëlan-sur-Mer
Community association Quimperlé Community
Coordinates 47 ° 54 ′  N , 3 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′  N , 3 ° 38 ′  W
height 47-105 m
surface 20.83 km 2
Residents 1,606 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 77 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29380
INSEE code

Saint-Pierre-et-Paul church

Le Trévoux ( Breton An Treoù-Kerne ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 1606 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is located in the southwest of Brittany about twelve kilometers north of the Atlantic coast . The touristic places Concarneau and Pont-Aven are only a few kilometers away .

Lorient is 25 kilometers southeast, Quimper 35 kilometers northwest, Brest 78 kilometers northwest and Paris about 450 kilometers east-northeast (figures slightly rounded as the crow flies ).

traffic

At Bannalec and Quimperlé there are exits on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) and regional train stations on the mainly parallel railway line.

There are regional airports near Lorient and Brest .

Population development

Dolmen Parc Goalichot
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 1106 1023 879 925 983 1138 1482 1606
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See: List of Monuments historiques in Le Trévoux

particularities

The masonry of the St-Herbot chapel ruin was moved to Treffiagat and rebuilt there in the Notre-Dame-des-Flots church .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 68-71.

Web links

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