Locquirec

Locquirec
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Community association	Morlaix Community
Coordinates	48 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 39 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 39 ′ W
height	0-78 m
surface	5.96 km 2
Residents	1,456 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	244 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29241
INSEE code	29133
Website	www.mairie-locquirec.fr
	; Les Sables Blancs beach

Locquirec is a French commune in the department of Finistère , on the border of Côtes-d'Armor , in the region of Brittany . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Morlaix , the canton of Plouigneau and the municipality association Morlaix Communauté . Locquirec has 1,456 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on an area of 5.96 square kilometers.

geography

Locquirec is located on a small peninsula in the Bay of Lannion on the coast of the English Channel , at an altitude of up to 78 meters above sea level. From the headland on the peninsula, the view extends over the western part of the Côte de Granit Rose , the coast with reddish granite rock, from the island of Millau to Tréduder . In the east of the peninsula, the Douron River , the border river between the Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor departments, has created the Bay of Locquirec .

Formerly Locquirec, which was surrounded by the diocese of Tréguier , was an enclave of Lanmeur , which belongs to the diocese of Dol-de-Bretagne .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	972	964	1035	1059	1226	1293	1437	1456
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

In the center of Locquirec you will find the historic church of Saint-Jacques in the Renaissance style and the current leisure harbor. Several beaches belong to the municipality, the port beach ( Plage du Port ), the beach of the village center, the beach Les Sables Blancs (white beach) and the beach Le Moulin de la Rive (river mill). Also worth seeing is the Manoir de L'Île-Blanche, which was expanded like a castle around 1900 and is now a church educational institution. An extraordinary four-star grande hotel from the times of the Belle Époque has been preserved to this day in a prominent square in the municipality .

Bell tower of the Église Saint-Jacques in Locquirec
Beach Plage de Porz ar Villiec
Plage du Port beach

Plage du Port beach

Manoir de L'Île-Blanche in Locquirec

Outside the village are:

The fountain of St. Efflam at Plestin-les-Grèves
Château de Rosanbo, originally from the 14th century, with its well-tended, four-hectare park landscape designed by Achille Duchêne , 15 km southeast of Locquirec in the municipality of Lanvellec
Château de Kergrist near Plouaret, 22 km east of Locquirec
Château de Tonquedec near Kerfons, 25 km east of Locquirec
La Chapelle des Sept-Saints ( Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ) in the village of Le Vieux-Marché near Plouaret, 22 km east of Locquirec
Château de Coatfrec (ruin) near Ploubezre , 23 km east of Locquirec
Château de Kerjean, one of the most beautiful Renaissance castles in Brittany near Saint Vougay, with a park of 20 hectares, 55 km west of Locquirec