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 **Gale ...

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 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

* 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 (appro ...

player who played for Pays d'Aix Basket 13, Pleyber-Christ,

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. History ...

* Henri-Noël Le Houérou, French biologist, plant collector and specialist of North African ecosystems, recipient of the

Order of Agricultural Merit The Order of Agricultural Merit () is an order of merit bestowed by the France, French Republic for outstanding contributions to agriculture. When it was created in 1883, it was second in importance only to the Legion of Honour within the Frenc ...

in 1991 * Joël Le Houérou, French

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

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. The tournament started in 1950 and is held every year. Past winners ReferencesBadminton Europe - France
* {{Badminton compe ...

with Yves Corbel and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with Christian Badou *

Philippe Le Houérou Philippe is a masculine given name, cognate to Philip, and sometimes also a surname. The name may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prin ...

, Vice President for the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

’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 p ...

of Saint-Eutrope ( Plougonven) in 1791 who refused to take the oath of fidelity to the

Civil Constitution of the Clergy The Civil Constitution of the Clergy () was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that sought the Caesaropapism, complete control over the Catholic Church in France by the National Constituent Assembly (France), French gove ...

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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