Garlan

Garlan
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Community association	Morlaix Community
Coordinates	48 ° 36 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W
height	18-119 m
surface	13.34 km 2
Residents	1,052 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	79 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29610
INSEE code	29059
Mairie Garlan

Garlan ( Garlann in Breton ) is a French commune in northern Brittany in the Finistère department with 1,052 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is located in the north of Brittany near the Atlantic coast on the English Channel in the valley of the river Dourduff .

Morlaix is six kilometers southwest, Brest 60 kilometers southwest and Paris around 450 kilometers east.

traffic

At Morlaix the next exit is on the expressway E 50 (Brest- Rennes ) and a regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line.

There are regional airports near Brest and Rennes .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	628	615	644	774	801	821	976	1052
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs ( Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows ) Church

Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Garlan

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 669-671.

Web links

Commons : Garlan  - collection of images, videos and audio files