Le Drennec

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Le Drennec
Coat of arms of Le Drennec
Le Drennec (France)
Le Drennec
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Lesneven
Community association Pays des Abers
Coordinates 48 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  W
height 22-85 m
surface 9.50 km 2
Residents 1,837 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 193 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29860
INSEE code

Saint-Ursin chapel in the Landouzen district

Le Drennec ( Breton An Dreneg ) is a French commune in northwest Brittany in the Finistère department with 1837 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is about twelve kilometers south of the Atlantic coast at the entrance of the English Channel . The major and port city of Brest is 18 kilometers southwest and Paris about 500 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).

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 the regional train lines to Rennes and Nantes and the TGV Atlantique to Paris.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 880 974 1206 1529 1599 1527 1733 1837
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 859-864.

Web links

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