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, ...
and
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 ...
region
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of north-western
France
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.
Toponymy
The name Locminé comes from the Breton ''Loc'h menec'h'', itself from the Latin ''Locus monachorum'' – (sacred) place of the monks – after the monastery established here in 1008. Use of the term ''loc'h'' to denote the many small monasteries founded in Brittany between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries was commonplace, and this is the origin of the majority of parish names beginning in ''Loc-''.
Population
Education
Locminé is home to the following educational establishments:
*Primary
**École primaire privée Notre Dame du Plaske (ages 3–11)
**École maternelle publique Réné Guy Cadou (ages 3–6)
**École élémentaire publique Annick Pizigot (ages 6–11)
:As of September 2019, 153 children (i.e. 22.5% of all those enrolled) were being educated in the bilingual (
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 ...
/ French) streams of Locminé's primary schools.Office Publique de la Langue Bretonne
*Junior secondary ("middle schools")
**Collège privé Jean-Pierre Calloc'h (ages 11–15)
**Collège public Jean Moulin (ages 11–15)
*Senior secondary ("high schools")
**Lycée professionnel privé Anne de Bretagne (ages 15+)
**Lycée professionnel public Louis Armand (ages 15+)
:The lycées professionnels are
vocational
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Pontivy
Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called ''Pontivyens'' in French.
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History
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(22 km) or
Vannes
Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.
History Celtic Era
The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...
North Rhine-Westphalia
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Pontardawe
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Wales
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