Landéan

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Landéan
Landean
Landéan (France)
Landéan
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré
Canton Fougères-2
Community association Fougères agglomeration
Coordinates 48 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 9 ′  W
height 107-208 m
surface 27.31 km 2
Residents 1,205 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 35133
INSEE code
Website http://www.landean.fr/

Landéan Town Hall

Landéan ( Breton : Landean ; Gallo : Lanyen ) is a French municipality with 1205 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and is part of the canton Fougères-2 (until 2015: canton Fougères-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Landéanais .

geography

Landéan is about ten kilometers southeast of Fougères . Landéan is surrounded by the neighboring communities Louvigné-du-Désert in the north, La Bazouge-du-Désert in the northeast, Saint-Ellier-du-Maine in the east, Le Loroux in the east and southeast, Laignelet in the south, Lécousse in the southwest and Parigné in the West and northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 969 917 920 1,129 1,199 1.166 1,246 1,267
Source: INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Landéan

  • Dolmen Pierre du Trésor
  • Remains of the prehistoric settlement area Le Poulailler, Monument historique since 1946
  • Saint-Pierre church, Romanesque tower from the 12th century
  • Renardières Castle

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 610-613.

Web links

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