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Le Faou (Breton: Ar Faou) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
Old house in Le Faou
Coat of arms
Location of Le Faou
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Coordinates: 48°17′36″N 4°10′39″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch
Intercommunality	Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Pasqualini[1]
Area 1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,744
• Density	150/km2 (380/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.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Faou are called in French Faouistes.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 825 —     1800 682 −17.3% 1806 768 +12.6% 1821 863 +12.4% 1831 877 +1.6% 1836 915 +4.3% 1841 975 +6.6% 1846 935 −4.1% 1851 1,103 +18.0% 1856 1,084 −1.7% 1861 1,150 +6.1% 1866 1,271 +10.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,239 −2.5% 1876 1,276 +3.0% 1881 1,234 −3.3% 1886 1,320 +7.0% 1891 1,369 +3.7% 1896 1,288 −5.9% 1901 1,241 −3.6% 1906 1,297 +4.5% 1911 1,321 +1.9% 1921 1,259 −4.7% 1926 1,112 −11.7% 1931 1,094 −1.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 1,168 +6.8% 1946 1,195 +2.3% 1954 1,186 −0.8% 1962 1,268 +6.9% 1968 1,313 +3.5% 1975 1,510 +15.0% 1982 1,554 +2.9% 1990 1,522 −2.1% 1999 1,571 +3.2% 2008 1,786 +13.7% 2011 1,716 −3.9%

Events

The commune contains the village of Rumengol, location of a major religious Pardon on August 15 every year.

Breton language

In 2008, 12% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of works of the two Folgoët ateliers
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

References

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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