Lanfains

Lanfains

Lanfeun
Lanfains Lanfeun
Commune
	The centre of Lanfains
	Location of Lanfains
	Lanfains Lanfains
	Coordinates: 48°21′14″N 2°54′46″W / 48.3539°N 2.9128°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plélo
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Mérot
Area 1	21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,104
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22099 /22800
Elevation	147–322 m (482–1,056 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lanfains (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃fɛ̃]; Breton: Lanfeun) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	978	—
1975	894	−1.27%
1982	796	−1.64%
1990	828	+0.49%
1999	868	+0.53%
2009	993	+1.35%
2014	1,077	+1.64%
2020	1,099	+0.34%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Inhabitants of Lanfains are called lanfinois in French.

Geography

The Lanfains countryside is bocage with undulating relief (Armorican Massif).

The highest point in the commune at 323 m is situated at Bel Air-Porpaire. This makes Lanfains one of the highest communes in Brittany, the church standing at an altitude of 310 m.

The neighbouring communes are Saint-Brandan, L'Hermitage-Lorge, Le Bodéo, La Harmoye, Saint-Bihy and Le Fœil. Quintin, Allineuc and Corlay are a few kilometres away.

History

Lanfains' name comes from the Breton language "lann" (hermitage) and, it seems, from the Latin "fanum" (temple). Lanfains was situated at the border of the Gallo and Breton languages.

The parish of Lanfains was first mentioned in 1428.

A wind farm was installed in the commune in 2005.

Economy

abattoir and the Armoricaine dairy. Artisan work is represented by a roofer, a plumber, a sawmill, a fish farmer and a milk factory. There are several commercial firms in the commune including a café and bar, a crêperie

, a garage, a public works firm and a poultry transporter.

Sights

Saint-Guyganton church - built 1717 and restored in 1845.

Le Pas (with space for leisure, lake, camping and chapel, crossed by the Saint-Brieuc-Loudéac railway, the former foundry-forge of Le Pas which was active from 1828 to 1978)