Langoëlan
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Langoëlan Lanwelan |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Gourin | |
| Community association | Roi Morvan Community | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 3 ° 14 ′ W | |
| height | 137-274 m | |
| surface | 22.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 380 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56160 | |
| INSEE code | 56099 | |
| Website | http://www.langoelan.fr | |
Langoëlan ( Breton : Lanwelan ) is a French municipality with 380 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Roi Morvan Communauté .
geography
Langoëlan is located in the northwest of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays du Roi Morvan.
Neighboring municipalities are the municipalities of Mellionnec and Lescouët-Gouarec in the north, Silfiac and Séglien in the east, Locmalo in the south and Ploërdut in the west, in the Côtes-d'Armor department .
The place itself is a bit away from important thoroughfares. The D3 / D23 from Baud to Rostrenen runs through the village itself . The most important national road connection N164 can be reached around 16 kilometers away in Rostrenen.
The most important bodies of water are the Scorff River and the Le Maçon en Dour , Guernarpin , Moulin du Pont Houarn , Lanhouellic and Kerlann streams . In some cases, these also form the municipal boundary. The lake / pond Étang du Dordu is just east of the village of Langoëlan . There are also several ponds in the municipality. The Bois de Coët-Codu forest area is located in the northwest of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 907 | 812 | 659 | 575 | 429 | 369 | 396 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Bourlet (French: Pays Pourlet) area and shares its history. Langoëlan was assigned to the canton of Ploërdut from 1793 until its dissolution in 1801. Since then, the municipality has belonged to the canton of Guémené-sur-Scorff.
Attractions
The following noteworthy buildings exist in the municipality:
- Saint-Barnabé village church from the 16th century; restored in the 19th century ( Monument historique )
- Chapel Saint-Hervé (also Saint-Houarno) in Saint-Houarno from the 16th century
- Notre-Dame chapel in Locmaria from the 16th and 18th centuries
- Saint-André chapel from the 16th century
- Saint-Servais chapel in Cauraden from the 16th century
- Chapel de la Trinité in Quenépévan from the 16th century
- The emir's castle (Château HAIK) from the 1920s
- Langoëlan Castle
- Ossuary in front of the village church
- Manor of Koët Codu (also Coëtcodu) in the town of the same name from the 15th century
- Manor house Le Plessis (also Ganquis) from the 15th century
- Le Rest mansion from the 18th century
- Tronscorff mansion from the 19th century
- Kergoët Monument
- four old mills in Tronscorff (1776), Le Paradis (15th century), Le Dordu and Le Quelen
- several historical bread ovens
- Dolmen of La Villeneuve / Ti er Korriganed
- Menhirs of La Croix-Saint-Denis and Kergoët
- Remains of a Gallo-Roman settlement in Tablouët
Le Dordu pond
Village church of Saint-Barnabé in Langoëlan
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 371-375.
Individual evidence
- ^ Map with the municipalities of the Pays du Roi Morvan
- ↑ Langoëlan on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
