Langonnet
Langonnet Langoned | ||
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Commune | ||
The Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, in Langonnet | ||
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(2020–2026) Françoise Guillerm[1] | | |
Area 1 | 85.40 km2 (32.97 sq mi) | |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,771 | |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 56100 /56630 | |
Elevation | 104–292 m (341–958 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Langonnet (Breton: Langoned) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]
Geography
Langonnet is in north-west of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It is one of the few Cornouaille parishes to be located in the present-day Morbihan department. Thus, the main language was Breton until the advent of intensive farming after the Second World War, at which point the population, previously bilingual, switched to French.
The parish comprises two main settlements:
- the actual town of Langonnet in the south
- the town of La Trinité-Langonnet in north-east
In the south-east is the former Langonnet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Langonnet).
Topography
The highest point of the parish is the calotte Saint Joseph, a round hill whose top is 292 meters above sea level. It offers a good view of the surrounding area, most of the parish being at 190-meter level.
Neighboring communes
Langonnet is bordered by Plouray and Priziac to the east, Le Faouët to the south, Le Saint and Gourin to the west and Tréogan, Plévin, Paule and Glomel to the north.
Map
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Langonnet_opentopomap.png/400px-Langonnet_opentopomap.png)
Toponymy
The commune's name is written "Langoned" in modern Breton but has been spelled in various ways through the years due to various attempts to transcribe the Breton phonetic system into the Latin alphabet:
- 11th century : (Lan)Chunuett
- 1152 : Langenoit
- 1161 : Langonio
- 1168 : Lanngonio
- 1301 : Lenguenet
- 1368 : Langonec
- 1368 : Langonio
- 1373 : Languenec
- 1516 : Langonet
- 1516 : Langonio
- 1536 : Langonnet
- 1574 : Langonec
- 1630 : Langouet
- Today: Langoned
The name is said to come from "Lann-Conet", the monastery ("lan" in Breton; compare Welsh "llan", as in Llanelli) of Conet[4] (or Conoit, Konoed, Kon(n)ed, Konoid = Cynwyd, Kynwyd or Kynyd in Welsh), a Welsh saint who was active in Brittany.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Langonnet are called Langonnetais in French and Langonediz in Breton. Langonnet's population peaked at 4,848 in 1931 and declined to 1,708 in 2020. This represents a 65% decrease from the peak census figure.
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Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 January 2005.
Gallery
Landscapes
- The Calotte Saint Joseph, highest peak of the village
- Panoramic view from the top of the Calotte Saint-Joseph
- Panoramic view from the top of the Minez Collobert
See also
References
- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Orme, Nicholas (2000). OUP Oxford (ed.). The Saints of Cornwall. Oxford. p. 93. ISBN 0-19-820765-4.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Langonnet, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Official site (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
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- Bubry
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- La Chapelle-Neuve
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- Ploemeur
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- Ploeren
- Ploërmel
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- Plougoumelen
- Plouharnel
- Plouhinec
- Plouray
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- Plumelec
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- Plumelin
- Plumergat
- Pluneret
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- Port-Louis
- Priziac
- Questembert
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- Rieux
- La Roche-Bernard
- Rochefort-en-Terre
- Rohan
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- Saint-Aignan
- Saint-Allouestre
- Saint-Armel
- Saint-Avé
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron
- Saint-Caradec-Trégomel
- Saint-Congard
- Saint-Dolay
- Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
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- Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec
- Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
- Saint-Gonnery
- Saint-Gorgon
- Saint-Gravé
- Saint-Guyomard
- Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
- Saint-Jean-Brévelay
- Saint-Jean-la-Poterie
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust
- Saint-Léry
- Saint-Malo-de-Beignon
- Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines
- Saint-Marcel
- Saint-Martin-sur-Oust
- Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre
- Saint-Nolff
- Saint-Perreux
- Saint-Philibert
- Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
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- La Trinité-Porhoët
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- La Trinité-Surzur
- Val d'Oust
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