Pont-Aven

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Pont-Aven

Total population

2,813

Elevation0 m

Land area28.63 km²

Coordinates47.85°, -3.75°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pont-Aven is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in Northwestern France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

François Cadoret

French politician and oyster farmer

Léon Le Calvez

French racing cyclist (1909-1995)

H

Henri Rey

French politician (1903-1977)

Jean Bourhis

French aviator and skydiver (1888-1916)

J

Joseph de Mauduit de Kervern

L

Louis Orvoën

French politician (1919–1994)

T

Tereza Desbordes

French publisher (1934–2021)

Vincent de Tinténiac

French general

Yves Tanguy

French politician (1876–1943)

Émile Danoën

French journalist and novelist (1920–1999)

R

Roger Prat

French politician

B

Bruno Krebs

French writer

P

Patrick Morvan

French navigator

A

André Even

French painter (1918-1997)

Y

Yves Daoudal

P

Pierre Le Doze

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

Nearby places in Bretagne

• Le Bélon
  3.3 mi away
• Kergroës
  4.4 mi away
• Kervaziou
  5.8 mi away · pop. 50
• Clohars-Carnoët
  8.6 mi away · pop. 4,651
• Port-la-Forêt
  10.9 mi away
• Le Pouldu
  11.1 mi away
• Elliant
  11.8 mi away · pop. 3,343
• Guidel-Plages
  12.1 mi away
• Tourc'h
  12.3 mi away · pop. 1,007
• Lanvénégen
  13.7 mi away · pop. 1,139
• Pleuven
  14.2 mi away · pop. 3,247
• Arzano
  14.5 mi away · pop. 1,419

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 Pont-Aven

Correspondence

Paul Gauguin · 1938

Pont-Aven

Paul Gauguin · 1966

Peintres irlandais en Bretagne

Catherine Puget · 1999

Artistes étrangers à Pont-Aven, Concarneau et autres lieux de Bretagne

Denise Delouche · 1989

Paul Sérusier et la Bretagne

Paul Sérusier · 1991

Gauguin: E i suoi amici pittori in Bretagna : Pont-Aven et Le Pouldu = Gauguin : et ses amis peintres en Bretagne : Pont-Aven et Le Pouldu = Gauguin : ... friends in Brittany

Paul Gauguin · 1993

L'école de Pont-Aven dans les collections publiques et privées de Bretagne

Henry Moret, 1856-1913

Guillaume Ambroise · 2021

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