Morbihan
The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in north-western France.INSEE commune file /ref> Kernascléden is renowned for its church which dates from he fifteenth century. It is a masterpiece of
flamboyant gothic
Flamboyant () is a lavishly-decorated style of Gothic architecture that appeared in France and Spain in the 15th century, and lasted until the mid-sixteenth century and the beginning of the Renaissance.Encyclopedia Britannica, "Flamboyant style ...
architecture.
Geography
Kernascléden is located in the northern part of Morbihan department, north 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 ...
. Historically, the village belongs to
Vannetais
Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.
History
Celtic ...
. In the center of the village stands the medieval church Notre-Dame de Kernascléden. The village is situated in the valley of the river
Scorff
The Scorff (; ) River flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast in Lorient.
The Scorff rises north of Langoëlan, in the Morbihan department, and flows through the towns of Guémené-sur-Scorff and Pont-Scorf ...
. Apart from the village center, there are about twenty hamlets : Brangolo, Kerchopine, Kerbourg, Manéglau, Canquisquelen, Manério, Porh Pimpec, Guernebos, La Maison Blanche, Kerven Cleuzio, Kerven er Lann, Kerihuel, Kerlouarny, Kermaria, Kermonac'h.
Map
History
Scenes of the daily life at the beginning of the twentieth century in Kernascléden.
File:Kernascléden conclusion d'un marché.jpg, Sale of pigs (old postcard).
File:Kernascléden la place.jpg, A market day in Kernascléden (postcard Villard).
File:Kernascléden baptême.jpg, Baptism scene (postcard A.Waron)
Kenascléden was created as a new commune in 1955. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Caradec-Trégomel.
Population
Inhabitants of Kernascléden are called in French ''Kernascléens'' or ''Kernasclédenois''.
See also
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Communes of the Morbihan department
The following is a list of the 249 Communes of France, communes of the Morbihan Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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List of works of the two Folgoët ateliers
The work of the atelier "Le grand atelier ducal du Folgoët"—one of the two main workshops, with the other being the "atelier cornouaillais du Maître de Tronoën", that emerged during the veritable "golden age" of carving in stone in 15th-centur ...