Pont-Aven
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Moëlan-sur-Mer | |
| Community association | Concarneau Cornouaille agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 51 ′ N , 3 ° 45 ′ W | |
| height | 0-102 m | |
| surface | 28.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,801 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 98 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29930 | |
| INSEE code | 29217 | |
| Website | http://pontaven.com/ | |
 Village scene on Aven |
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Pont-Aven is a commune in western France in the Finistère department in Brittany .
Pont-Aven lies in the Cornouaille at the beginning of the confluence of the river Aven into the Atlantic . The municipality has 2801 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on an area of 28.63 km² .
history
From 1886 an artist group around Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard worked here and in Le Pouldu on the Laïta . This so-called school of Pont-Aven developed impressionism further in the direction of synthetism . Here, around 1888, under the influence of Gauguin, Paul Sérusier painted his painting Landscape with the Forest of Love in Pont-Aven , which is considered the defining image of this style.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3699 | 3684 | 3530 | 3295 | 3031 | 2960 | 2844 | 2801 |
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Houses on the river in Pont-Aven
Artist village of Pont-Aven
Port of Pont-Aven
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pont-Aven
Worth seeing are the menhirs of Kerangosquer , the Allée couverte by Coat Luzuen , the Allée couverte by Moulin René , the rock tombs called "Tombeaux des Geants" and the Musée de Pont-Aven .
Partnerships
Since 1972 there has been a town partnership with the north Hessian town of Hofgeismar .
Others
Pont-Aven is the setting for the novel Breton Conditions - A Case for Commissioner Dupin by Jean-Luc Bannalec .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1115-1120.
