Locunolé
Appearance
Locunolé
Lokunole | |
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Coordinates: 47°56′13″N 3°28′38″W / 47.9369°N 3.4772°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Quimperlé |
Intercommunality | CA Quimperlé Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Corinne Collet[1] |
Area 1 | 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,169 |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29136 /29310 |
Elevation | 12–121 m (39–397 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Locunolé (French pronunciation: [lɔkynɔle]; Breton: Lokunole) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Toponymy
[edit]From the Breton loc which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé.
Geography
[edit]The village centre is located 9 km (5.6 mi) north-east of Quimperlé. The river Ellé forms the eastern border of the commune.
Neighbouring communes
[edit]Locunolé is border by Guilligomarc'h to east, by Arzano to south, by Tréméven to west and by Querrien to north.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Locunolé are called in French Locunolois.
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Map
[edit]Gallery
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The parish church Saint Guénolé
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Chapel Notre Dame de Folgoët
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Chapel Sainte-Gertrude
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Fountains of saints
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Mill Mohot
See also
[edit]- Communes of the Finistère department
- Entry on sculptor of local war memorial Jean Joncourt
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Locunolé, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locunolé.
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)