Le Faou

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Le Faou

|native name = Ar Faou

|commune status = Commune

|image = Le faou.jpg

|caption = Old house in Le Faou

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr LeFaou (Finistere).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|48.2933|-4.1775|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 29053

|postal code = 29590

|arrondissement = Châteaulin

|canton = Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch

|mayor = Ludovic Lassagne{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2023–2026

|intercommunality = Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime

|elevation min m = 3

|elevation max m = 151

|area km2 = 11.85

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Le Faou ({{Langx|br|Ar Faou}}) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-29053#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = left

|1968 |1636

|1975 |1510

|1982 |1554

|1990 |1522

|1999 |1571

|2009 |1759

|2014 |1729

|2020 |1782

}}

Inhabitants of Le Faou are called in French Faouistes.

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Events

The commune contains the village of Rumengol, location of a major religious Pardon on 15 August every year.

Breton language

In 2008, 12% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.{{in lang|fr}} Ofis ar Brezhoneg: [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 Enseignement bilingue]

See also

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