Le Relecq-Kerhuon
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Le Relecq-Kerhuon Ar Releg-Kerhuon |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Guipavas | |
| Community association | Brest metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 4 ° 24 ′ W | |
| height | 0-96 m | |
| surface | 6.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,462 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,783 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29480 | |
| INSEE code | 29235 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-relecq-kerhuon.fr/ | |
Le Relecq-Kerhuon ( Breton Ar Releg-Kerhuon ) is a French commune in western Brittany in the Finistère department with 11,462 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The city center of Brest is 8 kilometers to the west and Paris about 500 kilometers to the east.
In 1994 the first Diwan high school was opened here, which was moved to Carhaix-Plouguer in 1999 .
traffic
Close to the municipality there are exits on the European routes E 50 (N12) (Brest - Rennes ) and E 60 (N 165) (Brest - Nantes ) and there are regional train stations in the municipality and in Brest . Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique .
The Brest / Guipavas Aeroport regional airport is only six kilometers north in the municipality of Guipavas .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 6526 | 7001 | 8499 | 9286 | 10,559 | 10,866 | 10,659 | 11,462 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Relecq-Kerhuon
Town twinning
- Bodmin , UK
- Bad Bederkesa , Germany
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 544-549.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jumelage avec Bederkesa: les petits plats dans les grands , Le Télégramme of April 16, 1999.