Fouesnant

Fouesnant Fouenant
Commune
Île aux Moutons Lighthouse (Glénan islands, Fouesnant)
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Fouesnant
Fouesnant Fouesnant
Coordinates: 47°53′39″N 4°00′39″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Fouesnant
Intercommunality	Pays Fouesnantais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Le Goff
Area 1	32.76 km2 (12.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	10,098
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29058 /29170
Elevation	0–74 m (0–243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fouesnant (French pronunciation: [fwɛnɑ̃]; Fouenant or Fouen in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Fouesnant is bordered to the south by the Baie de La Forêt.

It lies on the south coast of Finistère and is bordered by the communes of: Bénodet and Pleuven to the west, Saint-Évarzec to the north, and La Forêt-Fouesnant to the east. It has 15 km of coastline on its south side, with a long beach running west between the headlands of Beg-Meil and Mousterlin, as well as the idyllic Cap-Coz just to the east at the top of the Baie de la Foret, making it a popular tourist destination. The town is at the heart of a very fertile area, is well-endowed with orchards and is regarded as the source of the very best Breton cider. Every July this is celebrated with the 'Fete des Pommiers' (Festival of the Apple Trees), an event that takes over the town centre with music, dance and various competitions. Fouesnant hosts a popular street market in and around the town square every Friday morning.

Population

Inhabitants of Fouesnant are called in French Fouesnantais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,573 —     1800 2,541 −0.18% 1806 2,385 −1.05% 1821 2,543 +0.43% 1831 3,120 +2.07% 1836 3,246 +0.79% 1841 3,172 −0.46% 1846 3,224 +0.33% 1851 3,363 +0.85% 1856 3,466 +0.61% 1861 3,335 −0.77% 1866 3,442 +0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 3,461 +0.09% 1876 2,178 −10.93% 1881 2,225 +0.43% 1886 2,543 +2.71% 1891 2,776 +1.77% 1896 2,911 +0.95% 1901 3,214 +2.00% 1906 3,350 +0.83% 1911 3,411 +0.36% 1921 3,260 −0.45% 1926 3,452 +1.15% 1931 3,499 +0.27%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 3,468 −0.18% 1946 3,537 +0.20% 1954 3,580 +0.15% 1962 3,758 +0.61% 1968 3,962 +0.88% 1975 4,653 +2.32% 1982 5,239 +1.71% 1990 6,524 +2.78% 1999 8,076 +2.40% 2007 9,793 +2.44% 2012 9,174 −1.30% 2017 9,458 +0.61%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

International relations

• Twinned with Meerbusch in Germany

See also

• Glénan islands, administratively part of the commune of Fouesnant
• Communes of the Finistère department

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)