Léhon
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| local community | Dinan | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Dinan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ′ N , 2 ° 2 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 22100 | |
| Former INSEE code | 22123 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2018 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
_Mairie.jpg) Former town hall of Léhon |
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Léhon is a town and a former French commune with 3,105 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the Canton of Dinan . The inhabitants are called Léhonnais .
With effect from January 1, 2018, the former municipalities of Dinan and Léhon were merged into the Commune nouvelle Dinan of the same name . In the new municipality only Léhon has the status of a Commune déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Dinan.
geography
Léhon is located on the Rance River . Léhon is surrounded by the villages of Dinan in the north, Lanvallay in the east and northeast, Saint-Carné in the south, Trélivan in the southwest and Quévert in the west.
history
The place is first mentioned in 833 in a deed of donation from the Nominoë to the monastery of Léhon.
Population development
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,848 | 2,415 | 2,655 | 3.124 | 3,219 | 3,103 | 2,872 | 3,084 |
Partner municipality
A town partnership with the Baden-Württemberg community Abstatt was signed in Abstatt in May 1981. Since then, there have been regular student exchanges from the Abstatt primary school to Lehon, as well as visits by French students to the German partner community.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Léhon
- Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Magloire of Léhon from the 9th century, until the 17th century with renovations, monument historique since 1875
- Léhon Castle, built in the 12th century
- Calvaire de Saint-Esprit, Monument historique since 1907
- 17th century bridge at Léhon, destroyed by the German army in 1944, rebuilt in 1946
- town hall
- Several houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
Personalities
- Almamy Schuman Bah (* 1974), Guinean football player
- Nicolas Haquin (* 1980), football player
- Benjamin Le Montagner (* 1988), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 273-275.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture on the formation of the Dinan Commune of 30 September 2018.
- ↑ INSEE survey 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Abstatt - partner community. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
