Louargat

Louargat Louergad
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Callac
Community association	Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates	48 ° 34 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W
height	100-301 m
surface	57.23 km 2
Residents	2,343 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22540
INSEE code	22135
Website	http://www.louargat.com/
Louargat town hall

Louargat ( Breton : Louergad ) is a French municipality with 3868 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Callac (until 2015: canton Belle-Isle-en-Terre ). The inhabitants are called Louargatais .

geography

Louargat is about 42 kilometers west of Saint-Brieuc . The Guindy River has its source in the municipality . Louargat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pluzunet in the north, Bégard in the northeast, Pédernec in the east and northeast, Tréglamus in the east and southeast, Gurunhuel in the south and southeast, Plougonver in the southwest, Belle-Isle-en-Terre in the west and Trégrom in the west and Northwest. The National Route 12 runs through the municipality . The station is on the Paris – Brest railway line .

history

On August 30, 1799, the Republicans fought here against royalists from Brittany, Normandy and northern Anjou (the Chouannes ). The fight was more of a skirmish (112 Republicans against about 160-200 Chouannes), from which the Republicans emerged victorious.

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	2,428	2,340	2,179	2.224	2.128	2.126	2,208	2,319

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Louargat

• Menhirs of Pergat
• Gallic stele Boule de Saint-Michel from the Iron Age
• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges church with tower from the 16th century, monument historique
• Chapels Saint-Jean, Saint-Fiacre (both 17th century), Saint-Paul and Saint-Sylvestre (both 18th century) and Saint-Hervé
• Calvaire
• Wallburg Pen Ar Stang, Monument historique
• 15th century mansion Le Cleuziou with Sainte-Marguerite chapel
• Manor house Plouserf

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  Notre-Dame-des-Neiges church

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  Wallburg (moth) Penn Ar Stang

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  Menhir of Pergat

Personalities

• Alexandre Thomas (1913–1990), politician (SFIO)

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 66-69.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSEE survey 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.