Loperhet

Loperhet
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 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

Church of Sainte-Brigitte

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

Commons : Loperhet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Loperhet in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved October 12, 2009
2. ↑ Patrimoine de Loperhet (French)
3. ^ Loperhet in Base Merimée (French) Retrieved October 12, 2009