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Huelgoat

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Huelgoat

Total population

1,398

Elevation92 m
Land area14.87 km²
Coordinates48.36°, -3.75°

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City facts

Elevation
92 m
Area
14.87 km²
head of government
Benoît Michel
Official website
mairie-huelgoat.fr

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Huelgoat is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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History & geography

Geography

Huelgoat is popular with tourists and holidaymakers due to its impressive natural setting among the vestiges of the ancient forest that once covered inland Brittany. Once part of royal and ducal lands, the forest is now overseen by the French forestry commission, the National Forests Office. It has an area of 10 square kilometres. A large replanting scheme has repaired much of the damage sustained by the forest in storms on the 15–16 October 1987, when 3.1 square kilometres of trees were levelled or damaged. The village lies on a lake created between the 16th and 18th centuries to supply water to local silver-lead mines by means of a leat or canal.

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Geography

Latitude
48.3640
Longitude
-3.7468
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

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Wildlife & biodiversity

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Jean-Louis Goarnisson
Jean-Louis Goarnisson
French Catholic priest (1897–1981)
Jean-Louis Henry
Jean-Louis Henry
French politician, farmer and beekeeper (1861–1941)
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Jean-Marie Le Scraigne
French writer and story-teller
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Jean Le Lann
French politician (1914–1985)
J
Jean Thépaut
French military personnel (1923–1974)
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Joseph Nédellec
French politician (1821-1906)
L
Loeiz Ropars
French singer
Prosper Proux
Prosper Proux
writer of the Breton language (1811-1873)
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Édouard Le Jeune
French politician (1921-2017)
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Émile Gourvil
French politician (1845-1899)
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Claude-René Guezno de Penanster
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Henri Pierre Ponthier de Chamaillard
French politician (1822-1904)
Arthur Pernollet
Arthur Pernollet
French politician (1845-1915)
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Alphonse Penven
French politician (1913-1994)
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Yves Picard
French writer and teacher (1859-1925)
François Fouquat
François Fouquat

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

Nearby places in Bretagne

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.27
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,193

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
867
Avg daily Wikipedia views
29
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Huelgoat

Contes du Huelgoat et du Centre-Bretagne
Jean-Marie Le Scraigne · 2011
Observations sur la mine de plomb de Huelgoat en basse Bretagne
Jean Pierre François Guillot Duhamel · 1780

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Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
29081
Department
29
Region
53
Population (Wikidata)
1,440

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr