Lanvénégen (; ) is a commune in the

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

department of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

in north-western France.

Geography

Historically, Lanvénégen belongs to

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall ...

. The village centre is located north-west of

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

and east of

Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the ...

. The river

Ellé The Ellé (; ) is a river in the region of Brittany, western France. Its source is south of the town Rostrenen, in the south-west of the department Côtes-d'Armor. The Ellé flows southwest through the following ''département in France, départe ...

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 Meslan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French ''Meslannais''. Geography Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the ...

to east, by Le Faouët to north, by

Guiscriff Guiscriff (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.Querrien Querrien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''. Geography The village centre is located north of Quimperlé. Neighbouri ...

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.

Map

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.Armel Calvé, Guiscriff in Cornouaille, page 177, Le Thabor, 2008 The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1637.

References

External links

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