Le Loroux
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Le Loroux Lavreer-an-Dezerzh |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré | |
| Canton | Fougères-2 | |
| Community association | Fougères agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 148-244 m | |
| surface | 11.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 653 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35133 | |
| INSEE code | 35157 | |
 Le Loroux town hall |
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Le Loroux ( Breton : Lavreer-to-Dezerzh ) is a French municipality with 653 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and is part of the canton Fougères-2 (until 2015: canton Fougères-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Lorousiens .
geography
Le Loroux is about ten kilometers east-northeast of Fougères . Le Loroux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Landean in the north and north-west, Saint-Ellier-du-Maine in the east, Larchamp in the south-east and Fleurigné in the south and west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 671 | 628 | 566 | 548 | 515 | 520 | 524 | 678 |
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Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
Personalities
- Jacques Julien Guérin (1757–1844), General, Baron von Walderbach
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 615-616.
Web links
Commons : Le Loroux - collection of images, videos and audio files
