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Fouesnant (Municipality, Finistère, France)

Foën

Flag of Fouesnant - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 2 December 2021

Presentation of Fouesnant
Flag of Fouesnant
Former flag of Fouesnant

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Presentation of Fouesnant

The town of Fouesnant (9,403 inhabitants in 2005), is located on the southern coast of Brittany, on the mouth of a small river, thus explaining the origin of the name of the city (Foën, lit., "brook in the valley" in Breton).
Fouesnant is famous for its cider, which received the officially protected name (AOC) of cidre de Cornouaille. The town is also known for its traditional headdresses and costumes, which are still worn during the festivals such as the Fête des Pommiers (Apple Tree Festival) and St. Ann, St. Guénolé and Kerbader's pardons (religious festivals specific to Brittany). Fouesnant has a church built in XIIth century and modified in XVIIIth century. The municipal war memorial was designed by the Breton artist René Quivillic (1879-1969), who sculpted a woman wearing the local headdress.

Fouesnant is the most important sea resort of Finistère, since the municipal territory includes scenic places such as Beg-Meil, Cap Coz, Mousterlin and the Glénan Isles.

Ivan Sache, 4 April 2002

Flag of Fouesnant

The current flag of Fouesnant, in use since at least 2013, is white with the logo, including the URL of the website of the commune below (photo, photo).

Olivier Touzeau, 2 December 2021

Former flag of Fouesnant

Former flag of Fouesnant - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 20 March 2002

According to P. Rault (Les drapeaux bretons de 1188 à nos jours [rau98]), the flag of Fouesnant, as reported by Divy Kervella, is a banner of the traditional arms of the city. The arms are dated 1426 and can be blazoned as:
Sable, a double-headed eagle argent, langued, beaked and clawed gules.

Ivan Sache, 20 March 2002