Le Faou
Ar Faou | |
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![]() Old house in Le Faou | |
Coordinates: 48°17′36″N 4°10′39″W / 48.2933°N 4.1775°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch |
Intercommunality | Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–2026) | Ludovic Lassagne [1] |
Area 1 | 11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 1,832 |
• Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
29053 /29590 |
Elevation | 3–151 m (9.8–495.4 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Le Faou ( Breton: Ar Faou) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,636 | — |
1975 | 1,510 | −1.14% |
1982 | 1,554 | +0.41% |
1990 | 1,522 | −0.26% |
1999 | 1,571 | +0.35% |
2009 | 1,759 | +1.14% |
2014 | 1,729 | −0.34% |
2020 | 1,782 | +0.50% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
Inhabitants of Le Faou are called in French Faouistes.
The commune contains the village of Rumengol, location of a major religious Pardon on August 15 every year.
In 2008, 12% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. [4]