Kerlouan

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Kerlouan
Kerlouan Coat of Arms
Kerlouan (France)
Kerlouan
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Lesneven
Community association Lesneven et Côte des Légends
Coordinates 48 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  W
height 0-61 m
surface 17.80 km 2
Residents 2,119 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 119 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29890
INSEE code

Mairie Kerlouan

Kerlouan ( Breton Kerlouan ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 2119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

geography

Kerlouan is located in the northwest of Brittany in the immediate vicinity of the Atlantic coast .

Brest is 30 kilometers southwest and Paris about 490 kilometers east.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Quartered by a continuous red bar cross, in 1 in gold a black lion , in 2 in green a silver abalone , in 3 in green a silver chicory and in 4 in silver two blue rafters as stakes ."

traffic

In Landerneau and Brest are the next departures of the highway E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and regional stations on the railway line Brest-Rennes and Brest- Nantes .

The regional airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne is only 22 km southwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 2717 2693 2656 2572 2406 2238 2257 2119
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Brévalaire church
  • The Atlantic coast with its massive granite rocks is a popular bouldering area, the rocks on the beach are mainly used for bouldering due to their low height .
  • Saint-Brévalaire church
  • various chapels
  • Near Kerlouan, there is a 300-meter-high French military transmitter mast that sends commands to submerged submarines.

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Kerlouan

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 750-754.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Climbing: Bouldering by the sea. With board and brush - Kerlouan. Edition 06/2010 , accessed on July 13, 2015
  2. Kerlouan transmission mast (Kerlouan) - Structurae , accessed on September 1, 2015