Lanrivain

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Lanrivain
Larruen
Lanrivain (France)
Lanrivain
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Rust races
Community association Kreiz-Breizh
Coordinates 48 ° 21 ′  N , 3 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′  N , 3 ° 13 ′  W
height 160-281 m
surface 36.74 km 2
Residents 456 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22480
INSEE code

Lanrivain ( Breton : Larruen ) is a French commune with 456 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp , to the canton of Rostrenen (until 2015: canton of Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem ) and is a member of the local authority association Kreiz-Breizh . The inhabitants are called Lanrivanais .

geography

Lanrivain is about 15 miles south of Guingamp . The Blavet limits the community to the west. Lanrivain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Kerien in the north, Magoar in the north and northeast, Kerpert in the northeast, Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem in the east and southeast, Plounévez-Quintin in the south, Trémargat in the west and southwest and Peumerit-Quintin in the west and Northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 960 882 761 638 510 524 554 538
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lanrivain

  • Saint-Grégoire church, a historic monument since 1931
  • Saint-Antoine Chapel, Monument historique
  • Chapel of Lannégant, Monument historique
  • Gollodic mansion, Monument historique
  • Calvaire, Monument historique
  • 18th century cross, Monument historique

Community partnerships

A partnership with the Irish community of Ballymakeera in County Cork has existed since 2005.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1250-1253.

Web links

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