Lanmérin

Lanmérin Lanvilin
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Tréguier
Community association	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Coordinates	48 ° 45 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  W
height	27-75 m
surface	4.15 km 2
Residents	599 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	144 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22300
INSEE code	22110
Website	http://www.lanmerin.com/
Saint-Jerome Chapel

Lanmérin ( Breton : Lanvilin ) is a French municipality with 599 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It is part of the Lannion arrondissement and the canton of Tréguier . The residents call themselves Lanmérinois (e) .

geography

Lanmérin is about 8 kilometers east of Lannion . In addition to the village of Lanmérin, the community also includes numerous scattered settlements and individual farms within the community. The southern and eastern municipal boundaries run along the Guindy River in parts . Another body of water is the Ruisseau de Kernélégan stream , which partially marks the northern municipal boundary .

Neighboring communities

The municipality has a total of five neighboring municipalities, namely Coatréven, Langoat, Quemperven, Rospez and Trézény.

Rospez	Trézény	Coatréven
Rospez		Langoat
Rospez	Quemperven	Quemperven

history

Finds show a human presence since the Neolithic. A Roman road led through today's community. A church in Lanmern is mentioned around 1050. During the Second World War, partisans hid in the Guinavo mill. This was set on fire by the Wehrmacht and burned down completely.

Population development

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
487	477	526	541	528	579	586	628	566	544	556	580	604	589	569	570	507	475

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
464	438	436	351	368	328	324	308	291	295	261	245	286	328	331	478	547

Attractions

• Manor house of La Salle (construction time unknown; restored 1673)
• Saint-Mérin village church from the 17th / 18th centuries century
• Saint-Jérôme chapel from 1535; with cross
• small Roman bridge over the Guindy
• former rectory from the 17th to 19th centuries century
• Cross at the exit of the village from the 17th century
• Guernalégan, La Salle and Rumolin mills

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1277-1278.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 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) 

Web links

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

• Location of the municipality
• Information about the history and the sights (French)
• Sights on the website of the Ministry of Culture