Lanvénégen

Lanvénégen Lannejenn
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°59′56″N 3°32′25″W / 47.9989°N 3.5403°W / 47.9989; -3.5403
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-José Carlac[1]
Area 1	29.42 km2 (11.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,139
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56105 /56320
Elevation	52–188 m (171–617 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lanvénégen (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃veneʒɛ̃]; Breton: Lannejenn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Geography

Historically, Lanvénégen belongs to Cornouaille. The village centre is located 31 km (19 mi) north-west of Lorient and 42 km (26 mi) east of Quimper. The river Ellé forms the eastern border of the commune. Apart from the village centre, there are about eighty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the villages of Vetveur, Lanzonnet and Quinquis.

Neighbouring communes

Lanvénégen is border by Meslan to east, by Le Faouët to north, by Guiscriff to west and by Querrien to south.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Lanvénégen are called in French Lanvénégenois. Lanvénégen's population peaked at 2,790 in 1926 and declined to 1,144 in 2019. This represents a 59.0% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,413 —     1800 1,408 −0.05% 1806 1,473 +0.76% 1821 1,606 +0.58% 1831 1,690 +0.51% 1836 1,858 +1.91% 1841 1,770 −0.97% 1846 1,797 +0.30% 1851 1,961 +1.76% 1856 1,893 −0.70% 1861 1,896 +0.03% 1866 1,942 +0.48% 1872 1,827 −1.01% 1876 1,979 +2.02% 1881 2,092 +1.12% 1886 2,155 +0.60% 1891 2,234 +0.72% 1896 2,322 +0.78%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,510 +1.57% 1906 2,651 +1.10% 1911 2,715 +0.48% 1921 2,693 −0.08% 1926 2,790 +0.71% 1931 2,744 −0.33% 1936 2,450 −2.24% 1946 2,310 −0.59% 1954 2,033 −1.58% 1962 1,727 −2.02% 1968 1,513 −2.18% 1975 1,330 −1.82% 1982 1,232 −1.09% 1990 1,221 −0.11% 1999 1,180 −0.38% 2009 1,217 +0.31% 2014 1,167 −0.84% 2020 1,138 −0.42%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

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List of places

History

In 1508, the construction of the current parish church dedicated to Saint Cognogan began. Bertrand du Rusquec, who initiated the work, was its first minister before being appointed rector of Guiscriff in 1514.^[6] The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1637.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

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