Plonéour Lanvern

Plonéour-Lanvern ; Ploneour-Lanwern
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Plonéour Lanvern
Community association	Haut Pays Bigouden
Coordinates	47 ° 54 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W
height	1-91 m
surface	48.91 km 2
Residents	6,064 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	124 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29720
INSEE code	29174
Website	http://www.ploneour-lanvern.fr/
	; Saint-Énéour church

Plonéour-Lanvern ( Breton Ploneour-Lanwern ) is the largest of eleven municipalities in the canton of Plogastel-Saint-Germain . Around 1/3 of all canton residents live in this municipality alone. It is located in western France in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . 6064 inhabitants live in an area of 48.91 km² (as of January 1, 2017).

Origin of name

The name "Lanvern" is derived from the Breton components "lann" (hermitage) and "gwern" (moor).

Infrastructure

In addition to several bakeries and restaurants, Plonéour-Lanvern also has a grocery store and a supermarket. The place has a post office and a tourist office .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2010	2017
Residents	4208	4087	4364	4508	4619	4800	5825	6064
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Worth seeing

Church “St. Enéour "

The old church was demolished in 1846 and construction of the new church began in the same place in 1847. This now consists of a central nave and the two chapels St. Anne and St. Yves. This church contains the altars of St. Anne, St. Yves, Herbot Saint, St. Adrian and All Souls' Day. The tower was not completed until 1875. The parish and the church are named after St. Énéour. The Padon is celebrated on the first Sunday in May.

Chapelle “St. Philibert "

Outside the village in the Lanvern district is the partially restored ruin of the chapel “St. Philibert ”(church choir, rose window and west portal from the 15th century, nave from the 16th century). The associated spring shrine was probably known as early as the 5th century. The steeple was beheaded in 1675 during the uprising against the paper tax. The church was first restored in 1747, but fell into disrepair again in the 19th and 20th centuries. The restoration work, which started again towards the end of the 20th century, is still ongoing.

" Chapelle Notre-Dame de Languivoa "

Only a few kilometers away is the "Chapelle de Languivoa", built in the 13th century. After it was destroyed in the 14th century, it was completely restored in 1967.

Menhir of Plonéour-Lanvern

There are many megalithic sites in West Cornwall. A number of megaliths can also be found here in Bigouden Land. Dolmen and menhirs originated in the Neolithic (5000-3000 BC) remain, with dolmen constructions of large stone slabs behind a pile of stones that cover collective burial sites. The menhirs were erected as rough stones for an unspecified purpose, mostly near water sources or watercourses. This menhir from Plonéour-Lanvern is strikingly worked. Today it stands as community property in the fenced off parish and is danced around at the so-called pardon. Other untreated menhirs can be found outside the community center.

Manoir du Trevilit

Privately owned. Free external access only. A mansion with a pointed arch over the door in a square courtyard. The facade is pierced with tracery. According to a historical testament from the early eleventh century, the origin of this mansion goes back to the Middle Ages. This document mentions that Benedic, Count and Bishop of Cornouaille, bequeathed land to Landévennec Abbey until his death in exchange for his burial at St. Guénolé and the return of his soul. This document was signed by Alain Canhiart , who died in 1058, the new Duke of Cornouaille, Bishop Orscand and Gradlon. The owners changed several times until the Kerilis family bought the property during the revolution.

Manoir du Trevilit
Manoir du Trevilit

Manoir de Kerhuel

This old country estate Kerhuel Manor from the 15th century is located in the middle of a park of 6 hectares and experienced frequent changes of ownership and destruction before and after the French Revolution . The manoir was partially reconstructed in the 19th century. Only ten minutes from Quimper and the heart of southern Brittany, a dead straight, impressive avenue of old trees leads from the D 156 as a distinctive approach to the country estate, which is now used as a hotel complex.