Laz is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090. department of
Brittany
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in north-western
France
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.
Geography
The commune is situated at the heart of a hilly and forest-covered region called the ''Montagnes Noires'' (black mountains) which extends for approximately 30 kilometres between the communes of
Gourin to the east and
Gouezec in the west.
The population of the commune is quite scattered, forming small settlements that could be considered as
hamlets
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. Laz offers exceptional scenic outlooks over the valley of the
Odet
The Odet ( br, Oded) is a river in western France (Finistère department), which runs from Saint-Goazec (near Leuhan, in the Montagnes Noires of Brittany) into the Atlantic Ocean at Bénodet. The name of the town of Bénodet comes from the river ...
to the south and the canalized
Aulne river and its serene
locks
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Common meanings
*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
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to the north.
Map
Economy
Agricultural development was held back by the
French revolution
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and the subsequent
royalist revolt, combined with poor soil conditions. The commune started to grow in the middle of the 19th century, when the use of fertiliser and other new techniques allowed the land to be brought into full agricultural use.
Population
Inhabitants of Laz are called in
French ''Laziens''.
See also
*
Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):[Listing of the works of the atelier of the Maître de Tronoën Listing may refer to:
* Enumeration of a set of items in the form of a list
* Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882), German mathematician.
* Listing (computer), a computer code listing.
* Listing (finance), the placing of a company's shares on the l ...]
*
Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz
References
External links
Official website
*
Laz Comité d'Animation(events committee)
Mayors of Finistère Association
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Communes of Finistère