Le Faouët, Morbihan

Faouët ( Breton: Ar Faoued ) is a commune with 2840 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region. Faouët is the capital of the canton of the same name.

  • 5.1 Market Hall
  • 5.2 Chapel of Sainte -Barbe
  • 5.3 Chapel of Saint -Fiacre
  • 5.4 Other points of interest

Location

Faouët located in the extreme north-west of the department of Morbihan, in the countryside Cornuaille, on a ridge above the 100 m lower valleys of Ellé and Inam, which unite in the south of the municipality.

Neighboring municipalities are Meslan, Priziac, Langonnet, Le Saint, Guiscriff and Lanvénégen. The most important addition to the main town of the district of Le Faouët is the village of Saint -Fiacre, in which a remarkable Gothic church.

Through the municipal area leads the D 769, a highway that connects with Lorient Roscoff.

Population structure

Demographics

Age structure ( 2007)

(Source: INSEE )

Economy

In 2007, about 3 % of the workforce in agriculture and about 27 % worked in industry or in construction. The remaining 70 % of the workforce were employed in the tertiary sector.

In 2008, 12% of local businesses working in agriculture, and 16 % in the secondary sector. The remaining 72 % of the farms belonged to the service sector. (Source: INSEE )

History

The municipality belongs to the historic region of Brittany Kernev (Fr. Cornwall ) and within this region to region Aven (French as well ) and shares his story. Since 1793 Faouët is the capital of the canton of the same name.

Attractions

In the municipality of Le Faouët following things to see:

Covered market

In the center of Le Faouët stands the imposing, built wooden market hall with an interesting roof structure. The late 15th / early 16th century, the market hall is still in use today.

Chapel Sainte -Barbe

North of the village is located on a ridge, the late Gothic chapel Sainte -Barbe, built 1489-1512. At the chapel, which is located just below the summit plateau, leads down a remarkable Renaissance staircase.

Chapel Saint -Fiacre

In the district of Saint -Fiacre is the same name, built in 1480 chapel. Worth seeing is the colored, richly decorated with carvings Holzlettner. The creator of the rood screen, Olivier Le Loergan, was raised for this to the peerage.

Additional points of interest

  • Village church of Notre- Dame-de- Assumption of the late 15th century
  • Ursuline convent, now School of Art and the Musée des Beaux Arts ( Fine Arts Museum ), from 1690
  • Chapel Saint -Adrien Lambelleguic in the 16th century
  • Chapel Saint -Fiacre in the 17th century at the Ursuline Convent
  • Saint Jean Chapel from the 15th - 17th Century ( four kilometers north-west of Le Faouët )
  • Chapel Saint -Sébastien from the years 1598-1608 in the same place
  • House Maison de Garde from the year 17th century in Saint -Barbe
  • Ossuary at the chapel Saint -Barbe
  • Fontaine de dévotion ( fountain of worship) from the year 1708
  • Old water mills in Barrigan, Diarnelez, Guel, Le Mur and Rerzen, paper mill in Le Grand -Pont
  • Former manor houses in Barregan, Diarnelez, Kerdudou (15th century) and Keryhuel

Chapel Sainte -Barbe

Chapel Saint -Jean

Chapel Saint -Sébastien

Village church of Notre- Dame-de- l'Assomption in Faouët

Rafters of the market hall

Chapel of Saint -Fiacre

Rood screen of the Chapel of Saint -Fiacre

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