Fouesnant

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Fouesnant

Total population

10,098

Elevation0 m

Land area32.76 km²

Coordinates47.89°, -4.01°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fouesnant 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Stéphane Guivarc'h

French footballer (born 1970)

Michel Desjoyeaux

French sailor

Florian Guillou

cyclist

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Nicolas Cloarec

French footballer

F

Frédéric Lancien

French bicycle racer

Jean-Marie Le Bris

French aviation pioneer (1817–1872)

G

Guillaume Le Prestre de Lézonnet

French bishop

Alan Heusaff

French linguist and Breton nationalist (1921–1999)

Alfred Guillou

French painter (1844-1926)

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Auguste Dupouy

French poet (1872-1967)

Charles Caudrelier

French skipper

D

Daniel Le Bras

French production manager

F

François Brigneau

French journalist and publisher (1919-2012)

G

Gilbert Le Bris

French politician

Gildas Bourdet

French actor, theatre director and playwright

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Guy Cotten

French entrepreneur

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bretagne

• Pleuven
  1.7 mi away · pop. 3,247
• Port-la-Forêt
  1.9 mi away
• Perguet
  2 mi away
• Mousterlin
  3.4 mi away
• Sainte-Marine
  5.3 mi away
• Le Rouillen
  7.5 mi away
• Kerlagatu
  7.5 mi away
• Lambell
  7.5 mi away
• Elliant
  8.9 mi away · pop. 3,343
• Larvor
  10.1 mi away
• Plobannalec
  11.3 mi away · pop. 3,655
• Lesconil
  11.5 mi away

Browse all places in Bretagne →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fouesnant

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Spotted Firebug

Corizus hyoscyami

Seen 2026-09-27

Sweet Chestnut

Castanea sativa

Seen 2026-09-26

sea clubrush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

Seen 2026-09-26

Sugar Kelp

Saccharina latissima

Seen 2026-09-26

Golden Venus

Polititapes aureus

Seen 2026-09-26

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Seen 2026-09-26

Atlantic Dogwhelk

Nucella lapillus

Seen 2026-09-26

European Sting Winkle

Ocenebra erinaceus

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers