Lennon (Finistère)
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Canton | Briec | |
| Community association | Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ W | |
| height | 27-151 m | |
| surface | 22.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 788 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29190 | |
| INSEE code | 29123 | |
 Mairie Lennon |
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Lennon ( Breton Lennon ) is a French commune with 788 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department . The municipality belongs to the canton of Briec (until 2015 canton of Pleyben ).
geography
The place is located in the west of Brittany on the edge of the Regional Natural Park Armorique ( Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ). Community on the eastern border of the flow runs STER Goanez , which in the current flowing at the southern border Aulne opens. In this area, the Aulne is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest .
Quimper is 26 kilometers southwest, Brest 48 kilometers northwest and Paris around 450 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Le Faou and Châteaulin , the nearest exits are on the E 60 expressway (Brest- Nantes ) and at Landivisiau and Morlaix on the E 50 (Brest- Rennes ). There are also the next regional train stations on the mostly parallel railway lines. Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The nearest regional airports are the Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest and the Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1042 | 922 | 770 | 652 | 624 | 646 | 751 | 788 |
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Attractions
- Trinity Church
To the west of the municipality is the Pendréau dolmen . See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lennon (Finistère)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 912-914.
