Loperhet
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Brest | |
Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
Community association | Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 22 ′ N , 4 ° 18 ′ W | |
height | 0-162 m | |
surface | 20.31 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,760 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 185 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29470 | |
INSEE code | 29140 | |
Website | http://www.loperhet.bzh/ | |
Mairie Loperhet |
Loperhet ( Breton Loperc'hed ) is a French municipality with 3760 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas .
geography
Loperhet is located about 12 kilometers south-east of Brest near the Bay of Brest on the E 60 expressway.
history
The name Loperhet comes from Loc , consecrated place, and Sainte Berc'het , Brigida of Kildare . Other names for Loperhet were: Ecclesia Loco Sanctae Brigidae (1218), Loperchet (1442), Loperguet (1535) and Locus Brigide (1574).
Loperhet housed a priory of the Abbaye de Daoulas ( Daoulas Abbey). In the 12th and 13th centuries there was a hospice and a chapel that belonged to a pilgrimage site.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 1269 | 1315 | 1411 | 2030 | 2941 | 3466 | 3585 | 3760 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
In the church of Sainte-Brigitte, built in 1896, there is a silver chalice from the end of the 16th century. Classified as a Monument historique in 1955 . The church replaced an older church from the 17th century, which in turn replaced the oldest church, which was mentioned in 1218 as Ecclesia Loco Sanctae Brigidae . Today's church bell was cast in 1661, the entrance to the church bears the year 1645.
There are two barrows from the Bronze Age in Loperhet , both of which are privately owned. The barrow in the Roc 'hellou district was classified as a Monument historique (MH) in 1930. The barrow in the hamlet of Gorré Menez was entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques in 1971 ( inscrit MH ).
Personalities
René du Louët (* 1640 in Loperhet; † 1668), was Bishop of Cornouaille
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 378-380.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Loperhet in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved October 12, 2009
- ↑ Patrimoine de Loperhet (French)
- ^ Loperhet in Base Merimée (French) Retrieved October 12, 2009