Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.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
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
Toponymy
From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé.
Geography
The village centre is located north-east of
Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ...
. 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.
Neighbouring communes
Locunolé is border by
Guilligomarc'h
Guilligomarc'h () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Guilligomarc'h are called in French ''Guillogomarc'hois''.
Geography
Guilligomarc'h is located in southeastern pa ...
to east, by
Arzano
Arzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km north of Naples.
Arzano borders the following municipalities: Casandrino, Casavatore, Casoria, Frattamaggiore, Gru ...
Inhabitants of Locunolé are called in French ''Locunolois''.
Map
Gallery
File:023 Locunolé.jpg, The parish church Saint Guénolé
File:024 Locunolé.jpg, Chapel Notre Dame de Folgoët
File:Locunolé_chapelle_Sainte_Gertrude_1.jpg, Chapel Sainte-Gertrude
File:Locunolé_fontaines_jumelles.jpg, Fountains of saints
File:Locunolé_Moulin_Mohot_1.jpg, Mill Mohot
See also
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Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
*Entry on sculptor of local war memorial
Jean Joncourt
Jean Joncourt was a French sculptor born in Irvillac in 1869 and who died in 1937. He is well known for his work on war memorials.
Biography
Jean Joncourt was born in Irvillac on 31 December 1869. There is no record of his having received any ac ...