Landunvez
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Plabennec | |
| Community association | Pays d'Iroise | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 ′ N , 4 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 0-52 m | |
| surface | 13.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,475 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 109 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29840 | |
| INSEE code | 29109 | |
| Website | http://www.landunvez.fr/ | |
 Ruins of Trémazan Castle |
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Landunvez is a French commune with 1,475 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Brest and the canton of Plabennec .
history
The Du Castel family (Du Chatel, today Duchâtel) ruled the place for centuries from the Trémazan castle. The municipality historically belongs to the area Nieder-Leon (French Bas-Léon, Bret. Goueled-Leon) in the north-west of Brittany.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1535 | 1391 | 1248 | 1315 | 1359 | 1345 | 1353 | 1475 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Landunvez
- Ruins of Trémazan Castle
- Saint-Gonval church
- Notre-Dame-de-Kersaint chapel from the 15th century (restored in the 20th century)
- Chapels, wayside crosses and Calvaires
- Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
Old mill Milin-ar-Trez (drawing by Louis Le Guennec 1929)
Bleu ciel de Trémazan water castle ('blue sky of Trémazan')
Memorial to the Fallen 1914-18
Notre-Dame-de-Kersaint chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 961-965.
Web links
Commons : Landunvez - collection of images, videos and audio files
