commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
in north-western France.
Geography
Historically, Lanvénégen belongs to
Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) 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 princ ...
. 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 (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
The ...
. The river
Ellé
The Ellé (; br, Ele) 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 ''départements'' and town ...
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. Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French ''Meslannais''.*
Population
Geography
Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the v ...
Guiscriff
Guiscriff (; br, Gwiskri) 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.
Neighbouring ...
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.