Commana

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Commana
Commanna
Commana Coat of Arms
Commana (France)
Commana
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Morlaix
Canton Landivisiau
Community association Pays de Landivisiau
Coordinates 48 ° 25 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  W
height 104–372 m
surface 39.90 km 2
Residents 1,036 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29450
INSEE code 29038
Website http://www.commana.fr/

Parish Church of Saint-Derrien

Commana ( Breton Kommanna ) is a French commune with 1,036 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Brittany region in the Finistère department . It belongs to the Pays de Landivisiau municipal association . The name Commana probably means "valley ( com , Welsh cwym ) des Mana".

geography

Commana is located in the Parc Naturel Régional d'Armorique nature park on the edge of the Monts d'Arrée ridge . Morlaix is 20 kilometers north-northeast, Brest 38 kilometers west and Paris about 460 kilometers east.

At Landivisiau and Morlaix the next exits are on the expressway E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and u. a. there are regional train stations in Landivisiau, Pleyber-Christ and Morlaix .

There are regional airports near Rennes and Brest .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 1462 1370 1262 1153 1061 988 1099 1036
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Commana

With the Allée couverte of Mougau-Bihan, Commana has a gallery grave worth seeing and an enclosed parish .

In the church of Saint-Derrien is the altar of the five miracles. This Baroque masterpiece from 1682 was given to the pastor by the parish. The population wanted to ask forgiveness for the mistreatment inflicted on the pastor during a revolt of the red hats . It is striking that the wound on the heart of Jesus was placed on the wrong side.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1521-1525.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William BS Smith: De la Toponymie Bretonne. Language 16/2, Language Monograph No. 20: De la Toponymie Bretonne. Dictionnaire Etymologique 1940, p. 36.
  2. ^ Pierre Roland Giot: La Bretagne des Mégalithes. Editons Est-France, Rennes 1997, p. 50.

Web links

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