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Le Faouët is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Le Faouët, Morbihan, and the arrondissement of Pontivy. It serves as the capital of the canton of Le Faouët and is part of the Roi Morvan Communauté. The municipality borders Langonnet, Priziac, Meslan, and Lanvénégen. Its associated electoral district is the canton of Gourin.
The area covers 34.03 square kilometers, with an elevation of 202 meters above sea level. The population is recorded as 3,177, comprising 1,318 males and 1,485 females. Another source lists the population as 3,032. The postal code for the region is 56320. Le Faouët is twinned with Headford.
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- Locality
- Le Faouët
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,032
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Morbihan
- Arrondissement
- Pontivy
- Canton
- Gourin
- Intercommunality
- Roi Morvan Communauté
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Christian Faivret
- Area
- 34.03 km (13.14 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,814
- Density
- 82.69/km (214.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 56057 /56320
- Elevation
- 53–202 m (174–663 ft) , (avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Faouët
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Pontivy
- Population
- 2814
- Area
- 34.03
- Elevation
- 139
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Faouët
- Shares border with
- Le Saint
- Official website
- www.lefaouet.fr
- Image
- Chapelle Sainte-Barbe du Faouët.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Headford
- Commons category
- Le Faouët (Morbihan)
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- Le Faouët (Morbihan)
- postal code
- 56320
- different from
- Le Faouët
- associated electoral district
- canton of Gourin
- male population
- 1318
- female population
- 1485
- P8168
- David Wilms
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-97-23-07-68
- fax number
- +33-2-97-23-11-66
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Faouët ([lə fawɛt]; Breton: Ar Faoued) is a commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.
The 16th-century timber market hall is a noted feature of the town, and two medieval chapels lie within the boundaries of the commune.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Faouët” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.