Kergloff

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Kergloff
Kerglof
Kergloff (France)
Kergloff
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Chateaulin
Canton Carhaix-Plouguer
Community association Poher Community
Coordinates 48 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 37 ′  W
height 67-172 m
surface 24.94 km 2
Residents 880 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29270
INSEE code
Website http://www.kergloff.fr/

Mairie Kergloff

Kergloff ( Kerglof in Breton ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 880 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is centrally located in the west of Brittany near the municipality of Carhaix-Plouguer .

Quimper is 47 kilometers southwest, the city and port of Brest 65 kilometers northwest and Paris about 450 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).

traffic

Kergloff is close to the intersection of several national connecting roads. At Landivisiau , Morlaix and Guingamp in the north there are exits on the expressway E 50 Brest- Rennes and at Quimper and Lorient in the south on the E 60 Brest- Nantes . At the aforementioned locations there are also train stations on the predominantly parallel regional railway lines .

Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.

The airports Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest and Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient are the nearest regional airports .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 762 630 558 610 720 745 905 880
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Tremeur church
  • Saint-Tremeur church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Kergloff

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 153-156.

Web links

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