Clohars-Carnoët

Clohars-Carnoët Kloar-Karnoed
Le Pouldu, Clohars-Carnoët
Coat of arms
Clohars-Carnoët
Location within Brittany region  Clohars-Carnoët
Coordinates: 47°47′48″N 3°35′01″W / 47.7967°N 3.5836°WCoordinates: 47°47′48″N 3°35′01″W / 47.7967°N 3.5836°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	Pays Fouesnantais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Juloux
Area^1	34.83 km^2 (13.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	3,999
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29031 / 29360
Elevation	0–71 m (0–233 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Clohars-Carnoët (Breton: Kloar-Karnoed) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

The commune has two small harbours: Le Pouldu and Doëlan.

Population

Inhabitants of Clohars-Carnoët are called in French Cloharsiens.

Historical population of Clohars-Carnoët

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	2469	2532	2353	2725	2795	2830	2850	3146	3332	3072

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	3125	3466	3389	3480	3572	3623	3717	3771	4010	4355

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	4539	4474	4328	4287	4284	4226	3931	3919	3539	3284

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	3406	3678	3867	3999

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Entry on sculptor of war memorial Jean Joncourt
• Yann Larhantec Sculptor at calvaries in Clohars-Carnoët

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)