- Landerneau
French commune
nomcommune=Landerneau
native_name=Landerne
x=18
y=80
lat_long=coord|48|27|06|N|4|14|53|W|region:FR_type:city
insee=29103
cp=29800
région=Bretagne
département=Finistère
arrondissement=Brest
canton=Landerneau
maire=Jean-Pierre Thomin
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
alt mini=1
alt maxi=175 m
km²=13.19
sans=14,281
date-sans=1999
dens=1083
date-dens=1999|Landerneau ("Landerne" in Breton) is a commune in
Finistère department inBretagne in northwesternFrance .It is the seat of the canton of the same name.
It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of
Cornouaille and Léon, 20 km east of Brest. The name means "(religious) enclosure of St Ténénan ( _cy.Tyrnog )": allegedly a Welshman who also had "Llans" in the Vale of Clwyd, NorthWales and inSomerset , and who moved to Brittany in the 7th century.It was an important centre of theflax andlinen industries in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today it is the mainagricultural market in northwest Brittany.A picturesque feature of the town centre is the 16th century house-lined bridge (the "Pont de Rohan") across the Elorn.
Landerneau is twinned with the towns of
Caernarfon inGwynedd ,Wales andHünfeld inGermany .Demographics
Inhabitants of Landerneau are called "Landernéens".
As of the
census of 1999, the town has a population of formatnum:14,281.Language
Landerneau has many bilingual signs (that means, French and Breton), and is the first town where the indications in the local station are made bilingual, as a result of the "Ya d'ar brezhoneg" charter of the " [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/ Ofis ar Brezhoneg] ". [fr icon [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/actualite/zoom/index.php?actualite_id=206 Signalisation bilingue dans les gares : Landerneau, ouvre le bal ("Bilignual signalisation in stations: Landerneau is the first one] ]
There is a Diwan preschool and primary school in the town.
ee also
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Communes of the Finistère department References
External links
* [http://www.ville-landerneau.fr/ Landerneau Website]
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=29103 French Ministry of Culture list for Landerneau]
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