Landéda
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Landéda Landeda |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Plabennec | |
| Community association | Pays des Abers | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 35 ′ N , 4 ° 34 ′ W | |
| height | 0-57 m | |
| surface | 10.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,578 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 326 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29870 | |
| INSEE code | 29101 | |
| Website | http://www.landeda.fr/ | |
 Mairie Landéda |
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Landéda ( Breton Landeda ) is a French commune in north-western Brittany in the Finistère department with 3578 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located almost directly on the Atlantic coast on a peninsula between Aber Benoît and Aber Wrac'h .
The municipality also includes the island of Guennoc with megalithic structures and the port of Aber Wrac'h , which is located on an arm of the sea with an impressive tidal range .
geography
Landéda is 22 kilometers north of Brest and about 500 kilometers west of Paris . The closest parishes are Saint-Pabu in the west, Plouguerneau in the northeast and Lannilis in the southeast.
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 regional train lines and the TGV Atlantique to Paris. From 1898 to 1940 there was a narrow-gauge railway that branched off from the Brest - Saint-Pol-de-Léon line in Plabennec , and ran via Lannilis to Landéda and on to the port of Aber Wrac'h . As early as 1931 it was decided to replace it with bus transport.
The regional airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne is located 18 kilometers southeast of the municipality near Brest .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2231 | 2136 | 2134 | 2281 | 2666 | 2949 | 3519 | 3578 |
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Attractions
See: List of Monuments Historiques in Landéda
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 706-709.
