Le Folgoët

Le Folgoët (Breton: Ar Folgoad) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The basilica of Notre-Dame du Folgoët
Coat of arms
Location of Le Folgoët
Le Folgoët Le Folgoët
Coordinates: 48°33′45″N 4°20′03″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Lesneven
Intercommunality	Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Tanguy
Area ^1	9.77 km^2 (3.77 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,187
• Density	330/km^2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29055 /29260
Elevation	33–77 m (108–253 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

In French the inhabitants of Le Folgoët are known as Folgoëtiens.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent
• List of works of the two Folgoët ateliers
• List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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)