Le Faou

Le Faou Ar Faou
Old house in Le Faou Old house in Le Faou
Coat of arms of Le Faou Coat of arms
Le Faou
Location within Brittany region Le Faou
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Le Faou
Intercommunality	Aulne Maritime
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Geneviève Tanguy
Area1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,786
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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%
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%
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 15th every year.

Breton language

In 2008, 12% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Le Faou (French)