Le Houérou, Le Huérou, Le Huërou or Le Houërff is a surname of

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

origin. Le Houérou as written in the Catholicon derives from ''c'hwerv'' which means ''bitter'' in

Notable people with this surname

* Annie Le Houérou, French MP and mayor of

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

* Cathy Le Houérou, French

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who played for Pays d'Aix Basket 13,

Pleyber-Christ Pleyber-Christ (; br, Pleiber-Krist) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Climate Pleyber-Christ has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperatur ...

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...

* Henri-Noël Le Houérou, French biologist,

plant collector Plant collecting is the acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve the quality of the specimen. Plant collecting i ...

and specialist of North African ecosystems, recipient of the

Order of Agricultural Merit The Order of Agricultural Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite agricole) is an order of merit bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contributions to agriculture. When it was created in 1883, it was second in importance only to the ...

in 1991 * Joël Le Houérou, French

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player who won the 1963

French National Badminton Championships The French National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Ov ...

with

Yves Corbel Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...

and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with

Christian Badou Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

* Philippe Le Houérou, Vice President for the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

’s South Asia Region * Pierre-Paul Le Houérou,

vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...

of Saint-Eutrope (

Plougonven Plougonven (; br, Plougonven) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Plougonven are known in French as ''Plougonvenois''. International relations Plougonven is twinned with I ...

) in 1791 who refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy Hervé Le Goff, "les prêtres du diocèse de Tréguier pendant la Révolution", 2008
sur saintbrieuc-treguier.catholique.fr *

Jean Kérisel Jean Lehuérou Kérisel (18 November 1908 – 22 January 2005) was a French engineer and Egyptologist. He was a specialist in soil mechanics and geotechnics. After studying at Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, ...

(born Jean Lehuérou Kérisel), French engineer and Egyptologist.

References

External links

Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil (Image 129) from the Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor

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