Kernilis
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Brest | |
Canton | Lesneven | |
Community association | Lesneven et Côte des Légends | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ′ N , 4 ° 25 ′ W | |
height | 6-77 m | |
surface | 10.13 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,453 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 143 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29260 | |
INSEE code | 29093 | |
Mairie Kernilis |
Kernilis ( Kerniliz in Breton ) is a French commune in northwestern Brittany in the Finistère department with 1,453 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is about eight kilometers south of the Atlantic coast at the entrance of the English Channel . The major and port city of Brest is 20 kilometers south and Paris about 500 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Brest there are the next exits on the expressways E 50 towards Rennes and E 60 towards Nantes . Brest train station is the terminus of the regional train lines in the direction of Morlaix / Rennes and Quimper / Nantes as well as the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located just 14 kilometers south of the municipality near the city of Brest .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 838 | 771 | 780 | 905 | 1016 | 1050 | 1324 | 1453 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 864-867.