Clohars-Fouesnant

Clohars-Fouesnant (French pronunciation: [klɔaʁ fwɛnɑ̃]; Breton: Kloar-Fouenant) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The church of Saint-Hilaire, in Clohars-Fouesnant
Coat of arms
Location of Clohars-Fouesnant
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Coordinates: 47°53′55″N 4°04′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Fouesnant
Intercommunality	Pays Fouesnantais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lahuec
Area 1	13.02 km2 (5.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,124
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29032 /29950
Elevation	0–66 m (0–217 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 Clohars-Fouesnant are called in French Cloharsiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 485 —     1800 538 +1.49% 1806 444 −3.15% 1821 548 +1.41% 1831 586 +0.67% 1836 571 −0.52% 1841 614 +1.46% 1846 595 −0.63% 1851 665 +2.25% 1856 656 −0.27% 1861 656 +0.00% 1866 669 +0.39% 1872 615 −1.39% 1876 629 +0.56% 1881 635 +0.19% 1886 665 +0.93% 1891 733 +1.97% 1896 727 −0.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 709 −0.50% 1906 721 +0.34% 1911 706 −0.42% 1921 693 −0.19% 1926 683 −0.29% 1931 624 −1.79% 1936 594 −0.98% 1946 608 +0.23% 1954 586 −0.46% 1962 605 +0.40% 1968 586 −0.53% 1975 801 +4.57% 1982 1,073 +4.26% 1990 1,279 +2.22% 1999 1,417 +1.14% 2007 2,097 +5.02% 2012 2,188 +0.85% 2017 2,055 −1.25%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• Official website
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)