The church in the village of Faouët, in the Côtes d'Armor.
The town wants to change its name because of a disambiguation.
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The biggest crushes.
The smallest dodges.
In Brittany, Le Faouët is a quiet town in the Côtes d'Armor.
But a Fouët, we also find one in Morbihan, which annoys the mayor of this small village a little.
Tired of being confused with its southern namesake, the village of 400 residents is considering changing its name.
The city council, meeting on September 16, decided to find a new name.
Four proposals were selected: Ar Faoued (the Breton name), Le Faouët-en-Trégor, Le Faouët-sur-Leff or Le Faouët d'Armor.
A consultation will be launched at the end of the month with the inhabitants.
Three weeks for a courier
Frequently, letters intended for the inhabitants of this village of 400 inhabitants arrive by mistake in Faouët (Morbihan) about a hundred kilometers to the south.
By the time it returns to the right recipient, "a letter sent five kilometers from home can take three weeks to arrive", regrets Mayor Jacques Tricard.
Local businesses are also experiencing setbacks.
A manufacturer of golf clubs who imports equipment from the United States is often the victim of this disambiguation: "In Houston, we do not ask the question whether La Faouët is in Côtes-d'Armor or in Morbihan" , raises the elected.
The funeral directors are in the wrong village
Other stories are more distasteful.
“About ten years ago, a funeral director transported a body to our town, before realizing that the burial was taking place in Morbihan”, recalls Jacques Tricard.
Le Faouët suffers from competition from its twin of Morbihan, more populated, which has 2,800 inhabitants.
"It's the law of the strongest," said the mayor.
The referencing of the sites brings up the most sought-after commune ”.
The idea of a name change had already been submitted during the previous mandate but was not unanimous within the city council.
"The time to process the results of the consultation, we could vote on the new name within two months," said the mayor.
The new name must then receive the approval of the departmental council, the departmental directorates of archives and La Poste, the prefect, then the Ministry of the Interior.
"The procedure can take a year", specifies Jacques Tricard.
It would not be the first Breton local authority to change its name: Dol became Dol-de-Bretagne in 1924, avoiding any confusion with Dole (Jura).
And the Cotes du Nord department was transformed into Côtes d'Armor in 1990.
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