Coët Fao Wood

Coët Fao wood that you've just passed through was once part of the Manehouarn estate. This beech wood, as its Breton name suggests, is home not only to Breton forest species, but also to pine trees, descendants of the plantations planted here by the de Pluvié family. This pine forest covered almost 20 hectares in 1843. The species, introduced to Brittany in the 17th century, saw its production intensify in the 19th century with the manufacture of posts for English coalmines, exported from the port of Lorient. Cut rapidly every 25 years, they offered landowners a good return. The de Pluvié family also owned a sawmill near their mill in Rue Neuve.