Langonnet () is a commune in the

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department of

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in north-western

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Geography

Langonnet is in north-west part of

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, in Lower Brittany. It's one of the few Cornouaille parishes that are now in the Morbihan department. Thus the main language was the Breton language until the advent of

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after the second world war at which point the people, who were bilingual,

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to the

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. The parish holds two main human settlements: * the actual town of Langonnet in the south * the town of La Trinité-Langonnet in north-east In the south-east there's the Notre-Dame de Langonnet abbey.

Topography

The highest point of the parish the ''calotte Saint Joseph'', a round hill whose top is at 292 meters. It offers a nice view over the surrounding area (most of the parish is at 190 meter level).

Neighboring communes

Langonnet is border by Plouray and Priziac to the east, by Le Faouët to the south, by

Le Saint Le Saint (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Breton language The municipality launched a Breton linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 February 2005. Population The population has bee ...

and Gourin to the west and by

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, Plévin, Paule and

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to the north.

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Toponymy

Its Breton name is written Langoned in modern breton but it has been written differently along the years (because of different tentatives to transcribe the Breton phonetic system with the Latin alphabet): * XIe siècle : (Lan)Chunuett * 1152 : Langenoit * 1161 : Langonio * 1168 : Lanngonio * 1301 : Lenguenet * 1368 : Langonec * 1368 : Langonio * 1373 : Languenec * 1516 : Langonet * 1516 : Langonio * 1536 : Langonnet * 1574 : Langonec * 1630 : Langouet * Today: Langoned The Langoned name is said to come from Lann-Conet, the monastery (See lan in Breton, llan in

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) of ''Conet'' (or Conoit, Konoed, Kon(n)ed, Konoid = Cynwyd, Kynwyd or Kynyd in welsh), a Welsh saint that came in Brittany.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Langonnet are called in

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''Langonnetais'', in Breton ''Langonediz''. Langonnet's population peaked at 4,848 in 1931 and declined to 1,724 in 2019. This represents a 64.4 % decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through

Ya d'ar brezhoneg (french: Oui au breton, en, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the ( en, Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a ...

on 27 January 2005.

Gallery

Landscapes

Calotte St Joseph Langonnet.JPG, The calotte Saint Joseph, highest peak of the village Botquelvez Trinité Langonnet.JPG, Panoramic view from the top of the Calotte Saint-Joseph Langonnet_Minez_Collobert.jpg, Panoramic view from the top of the Minez Collobert

References

External links

Official site
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Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan {{Morbihan-geo-stub